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recommend me a good, short story with a nice moral lesson please. im almost finished with an intense philosophy book and wants something easier..
preferably before 1900
tysm

>> No.16212198

The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Hemingway

>> No.16212205

>>16212158
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Thurber

>> No.16212206

>>16212198
What was the moral lesson?

>> No.16212277

>>16212206
dont waste your life?

>> No.16212297
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>>16212158
Here's a very short one for you from the 17th century with an unmistakable lesson.

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>>16212297
what the fuck anon i didnt ask for this

>> No.16212431

>>16212297
Wow. No wonder the Chinese are winning.

>> No.16212695

>>16212158
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
It's just past 1900, but still...

>> No.16212981

>>16212695
It’s also not a short story

>> No.16213979

>>16212158
Candide
Death of Ivan Ilyich

>> No.16214117

>>16212981
It's like 90 pages.
That's short.

>> No.16214371

>>16212297
is this from the arabian nights

>> No.16214400

>>16214117
Short Story: 1,000 - 8,000 words.

>> No.16214541

>>16214400
Huh, go figure.
You learn something new every day.

>> No.16214695

>>16212297
i don't get the lesson, there seems to be more than one.

>> No.16214800

>>16212158
Not before 1900, but I rather enjoyed darwinian pool room by Asimov. It's like ten pages.

>> No.16215510

>>16212158
White nights by dostoyevsky

>> No.16217355

>>16212158
Read any of Tolstoy's short stories and tales.

>> No.16217765

>>16212158
on clocks by jerome k jerome. more of an essay but im sure you'll like it.

>> No.16217787

>>16212297
Brutal dogpill

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If mythology counts, try reading Ovid's rendition of Phaethon.

>> No.16217837

>>16212158
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street by Herman Melville.

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>>16212158
You asked for one story but I have to recommend the entire collection in pic related. Beautiful morality tales.

>> No.16219709

>>16212297
why

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>>16212297
Why am I surprised by this Earth?