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Ben Shapiro is an American lawyer, columnist, and conservative political commentator. He was born on January 15, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, and has written sixteen non-fiction books.
A comprehensive list of fairy tales from various regions, countries, and cultures, with dates, authors, and types. Find stories about fairy tale characters such as Cinderella, Snow White, Aladdin, and more.
Learn about the plot, publication history, and translations of Twain's 1865 story, his first great success as a writer. The story features a gambler, a frog, and a stranger who cheats him with lead shot.
A collection of short stories by Drew Hayden Taylor that explore First Nations social issues through sci-fi tropes and themes. The title story is about a group of indigenous people who are abducted by aliens and taken to their chief, who turns out to be a human.
H. E. Bates (1905-1974) was a prolific and versatile writer of novels, short stories and essays, many set in the English countryside. His best-known work is The Darling Buds of May, a comedy about the Larkin family, which was adapted for TV and film.
A collection of short stories by Agatha Christie, first published in 1950. The title story is an alternate version of the play The Mousetrap, featuring a murderer who sings Three Blind Mice.
"The Fair at Sorochyntsi" is the first story in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol. Later in the 19th century the story was adapted as an opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky (left unfinished by the composer, and completed by other hands). The Fair at Sorochyntsi
Learn about the Brothers Grimm, the German folklorists who collected and published the famous fairy tales. Find out their biography, education, career, and the history of their editions and adaptations.