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Henry James - The Real Thing - 3.5⭐️
Ha Jin - Saboteur - 4⭐️
James Joyce - Araby 5⭐️ & The Dead 🤯6/5 ⭐️
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis 5⭐️
DH Lawrence - Odour of Chrysanthemums -4.5/5
The Rocking Horse Winner - 3.5/5
Kafka and Joyce back to back. What a one-two punch! Araby twisted my guts.
The Dead absolutely knocked me off my feet. Incredible.
— Jul 05, 2026 01:52PM
Ha Jin - Saboteur - 4⭐️
James Joyce - Araby 5⭐️ & The Dead 🤯6/5 ⭐️
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis 5⭐️
DH Lawrence - Odour of Chrysanthemums -4.5/5
The Rocking Horse Winner - 3.5/5
Kafka and Joyce back to back. What a one-two punch! Araby twisted my guts.
The Dead absolutely knocked me off my feet. Incredible.
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Mike Cripps
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Hemingway - A Clean, Well-Lighted Place 4/5
ZoraHurston -Sweat 3.5/5
Shirley Jackson - the Lottery 6/5
The Lottery remains my favourite short story of all time. It is incredible. The author’s perspective includes afterward is also spectacular. Speaking of response to the story: judging from these letters, people who read stories are gullible, rude, frequently illiterate, and horribly afraid of being laughed at”
— Jun 28, 2026 04:38PM
ZoraHurston -Sweat 3.5/5
Shirley Jackson - the Lottery 6/5
The Lottery remains my favourite short story of all time. It is incredible. The author’s perspective includes afterward is also spectacular. Speaking of response to the story: judging from these letters, people who read stories are gullible, rude, frequently illiterate, and horribly afraid of being laughed at”
Mike Cripps
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Gordimer - A Company of Laughing Faces
4/5 ⭐️
Hawthorne
Young Goodman Brown - 4/5 ⭐️
Thé Birthmark - 2/5 ⭐️
— Apr 14, 2026 05:13PM
4/5 ⭐️
Hawthorne
Young Goodman Brown - 4/5 ⭐️
Thé Birthmark - 2/5 ⭐️
Mike Cripps
is on page 332 of 944
Gogol - The Overcoat
4/5
Summarized as - living in Russia has always sucked.
OR
Human fulfillment through material desire?
I think every Canadian school kid can identify with how a new winter coat changed your outlook on life.
— Dec 18, 2025 03:40PM
4/5
Summarized as - living in Russia has always sucked.
OR
Human fulfillment through material desire?
I think every Canadian school kid can identify with how a new winter coat changed your outlook on life.
Mike Cripps
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Ellison and Faulkner!
Powerful southern stories.
— Aug 17, 2025 11:27AM
Powerful southern stories.
Mike Cripps
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Stephen Crane - Thé Open Boat 4.5 ⭐️.
Incredible. Haunting. I loved it.
— Jul 13, 2025 08:05PM
Incredible. Haunting. I loved it.
Mike Cripps
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Joseph Conrad - the Secret Sharer (4⭐️) a favourite I’ve read before. More convinced than ever that it is gay coded.
Kate Chopin - Thé Storm (5⭐️) spicy feminist Cajun romance short story from thé 1800s? Wow.
— May 17, 2025 09:48AM
Kate Chopin - Thé Storm (5⭐️) spicy feminist Cajun romance short story from thé 1800s? Wow.
Mike Cripps
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Chekhov - The Lady with the Pet Dog & Misery
3⭐️
— Apr 28, 2025 11:37AM
3⭐️
Mike Cripps
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Cathedral
A Small Good Thing
And now I know I love Raymond Carver and I’m crying.
— Mar 14, 2025 04:14PM
A Small Good Thing
And now I know I love Raymond Carver and I’m crying.
