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 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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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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