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A fictional prose tale of no specified length, but too short to be published as a volume on its own, as novellas sometimes and novels usually are. R2j2mrg47s the oxford book of latin american short stories paperback kindle the oxford book of latin american short stories paperback by oxford university press, united kingdom, 1999. Mary lennox, a sickly and contrary little girl, is orphaned to dim prospects in a gloomy english manor her only friend is a bedridden boy named. Collection of fiftysix american short stories that includes biographical information about each author. The united states, great britain, and ireland have fine traditions of short story writing that have developed from the time of sir walter scott and nathaniel hawthorne.
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