One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages:
The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho
— The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain
— The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock
— Work, Death and Sickness by Leo Tolstoy
— The Father by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
— Emancipation. A Life Fable by Kate Chopin
— An Uncomfortable Bed by Guy de MaupassantFor more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
