Literature. Part hundred twenty five.

                                           "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry.

Jim is a cop. He met his old friend Bob. They were in this place twenty years ago.

Bob was on the West. He had a career there. Also, Bob became the criminal and the police are looking for him.

The friends talked to each other. They discussed how their lives had changed during this time.

At the end, Bob is arrested by another police officer, and Jim gives his friend a letter. There he explained to his friend Bob that Jim couldn't arrest him himself.

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Literature. Part hundred twenty two.

                                                         "Eve's Diary" by Mark Twain.

This is short story with humor genre.

The first woman on Earth tells readers about what is happening to her.

There are many funny moments in this book.

Literature. Part hundred twenty.

                                 "Extracts from Adam's Diary: Translated from the Original Ms." by Mark Twain.

This is a humorous short story was published in 1904.

The story is told from Adam's perspective. He talks about his life.

In this book there are funny jokes.

Literature. Part forty six.

                          The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes.

Novel Don Quixote has two parts. This book was written in the XVII century. This literary work became popular.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza travelled. Don Quixote became a knight and wanted to do feats. But he and Sancho Panza had a lot of adventures. They met windmills and a flock of sheep.

People were laughting at him. Don Quixote had problems, too, It was described with humour and irony.

At the end main character died of sadness.

This novel was translated to many languages. There are movies and cartoons about this story.

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Literature. Part thirty six.

                                   Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

This book was written in XVIII century and has four parts. Author described different problems for that time with humor and satire.

Lemuel Gulliver appeared in Lilliput country. People were very little for Gulliver. He looked like a giant. But liliputians had their own laws. Also, little citizens had a conflict with another country named Blefuscu.

War between this countries has begun because Liliput wanted to break egg by the small end while Blefuscu wanted to do it by the big. Gulliver understood that it was a stupid reason for the conflict. Many adventures happened with character in this place.

Brobdingnag was populated by a big people. Lemuel Gulliver was looked little to them. They used Gulliver as a toy. He lived with a queen of Brobdingnag. Also, he fought with big insects and animals. Gulliver understood many different things.

There are many movies and printings about this story. Novel was translated on many languages.

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Comedy.

Comedy is one of many theatrical genres. It has a lot to do with humor. Comedy genre appeared in Ancient Greece. Back then, actors in masks said funny things.

This theatrical genre is popular today, too. In movies comedy became very famous. It can be mixed with other genres. For example, comedy and drama, even comedy and tragedy! Screenwriters write the script with jokes, actors are taught by rote.

There are different types of comedy. Classic ones which you want to revise many times and simple ones which are only for time.

In theatre, clowns can play in comedies. Some people really have a talent in it.

Comedy is often shown on TV. Somebody is waiting for his or her favorite comedy show for a long time.

It was an essay about comedy, one of many genres. Next will be another genre. It is also related to the theatre, like comedy.

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Short story.

Short story is one part of literature. It fits into several pages. The story is usually written in prose. Writers write short stories about anything: people, animals, real situations, fantasies.

There are different short stories, which became classics. For example, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. Some are simple short stories from magazines, which are written by students.

History of the short story as well as all literature began in ancient times. Some of them are still studied by scientists.

In this genre, humor, irony, metaphors can be used. Also the short story can be told in the first or third person.

Today, this type of literature is written on computers. Students in schools can write essays on short stories. Spoken retelling is possible, too.

P.S. This is one of the few type of literature. Soon will be next. Having similar and different features.

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