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Sweden 12
classics - death - jealousy - myths - tragic love

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Russia 4
Teffi
The White Flower
coming of age - female authors - Russia - witty

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USA 25
Stephen Vincent Benét
The Curfew Tolls
alternative history - classics - exile - funny - witty

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Mark Twain
Cannibalism In The Cars
American culture - classics - funny - psychological - surreal

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Russia 11
Anton Chekhov
He and She
classics - love - marriage - relationships - Russia

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USA 16
Sarah Orne Jewett
A White Heron
allegory - animals - classics - fairy-tale - female authors - love

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Socialist
classics - contemplative - political - psychological - realism

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Israel 7
Lea Goldberg
The Rose Garden (A Fairy Tale)
allegory - atmospheric - contemplative - fairy-tale

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USA 29
Edith Wharton
The Other Two
classics - female authors - feminism

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Italy 25
Anna Maria Ortese
A Pair of Eyeglasses
childhood - class-gap - funny - modern classic - poverty

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UK 23
Henry James
The Tree of Knowledge
classics - friendship - modernism - relationships - secret

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Russia 6
Teffi
The Green Devil
classics - coming of age - Russia - young love

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