To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is considered a deep and moving examination of human ethics, told through Scout Finch’s innocent but penetrating eyes as she grows up in the racially segregated American South during the 1930s. The book has touched readers all over the world, since published in 1960 and has become a…
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Wordy Wednesday: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a superb and disturbing work of short fiction that has left an everlasting impression on the landscape of American literature. This story, first published in The New Yorker in 1948, is a classic of the psychological thriller genre and a forceful condemnation of conformity, tradition, and the darker parts…
Wordy Wednesday: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving is a wonderful piece of American literature that continues to haunt readers’ imaginations with its gory charm and timeless allure. This short story, published in 1820 as part of Irving’s book “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent,” which has since become an important element of American…
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