Americká literatura
Farrell, James T. "Curbstone Philosophy".
Summary
- a group of youngsters chew tobacco and discusses the gangs and their leaders
- always when there is a girl passing by, the group revives and throws some remarks on her appearance
- the central...
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Farrell, James T. "The Fate of a Hero".
Summary
Set in the working class Chicago. The protagonist is Peters, a country bred man, strong and hard working, but not very bright. He is accepted as a petrol station attendant. His first task is to to...
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Farrell, James T. "To Whom It May Concern".
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The protagonist is Ernest Cobat, aged 40, sitting in a New York hotel and writing his diary. Describes his attempts to become a novelist instead of a script writer which he is now, intends to turn from...
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Faulkner, William. "A Rose for Emily".
Summary
The spinster Emily Grierson dies. The whole town attends her funeral. Women are curious to see Emily's house. This is described as decaying, an eyesore among eyesores, and spreading a horrible smell.
A...
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Faulkner, William. "Barn Burning".
Summary
Peace's court. Sartoris watches the trial of his father Snopes with his neighbour Harris. Snopes's hog repeatedly strayed on Harris's ground who finally kept it and demanded a dollar for giving it up...
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Faulkner, William. "That Evening Sun".
Summary
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The Town at Present: The story is set in Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha county, in its capital Jefferson. The narrator opens with an account of the changes that took place in the town during the...
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Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. "Babylon Revisited".
Summary
Charlie Wales, aged 35, cured alcoholic, revisits Paris to see his little daughter Honoria. The girl is in care of his sister-in-law Marion and her husband Lincoln Peters. Charlie walks about the city...
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Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. "News of Paris - Fifteen Years Ago".
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Henry Haven Dell, aged 26, waits for the departure of his delayed ship. He meets his lover, countess Ruth. The two attend a wedding and pretend they do not know each other for the sake of the tabloid...
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Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. "The Bridal Party".
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Michael Curly gets a note announcing the wedding of Caroline Dandy to Hamilton Rutherford. Caroline was Michael's first love whom he lost because he had no money. Michael fears he shall never be happy...
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Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. "The Rich Boy".
Summary
I. The Narrator’s Introduction: The story is told by a first-person narrator who is a friend of the protagonist, the rich boy of the title. The narrator states that there are many lies which the poor...
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Freneau, Philip. "On Mr. Paine's Rights of Man".
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The speaker observes that the rights of man are inconsistent with the royal plan with several masters but millions of slaves. Men are here ranked with beasts.
Paine was stimulated by Reason to address...
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Freneau, Philip. "On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country".
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A young man sets off from the despotic Europe to find his happiness in the new found world. He goes to west to tame the nature's reign. At his approach the unsocial Indian retreat further to the darker...
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Freneau, Philip. "On the Religion of Nature".
Summary
The speaker praises the blessed power of nature whose liberal hand gives the products of the year.
The nature also makes one incline to the path of virtue. Were all the people acknowledging the...
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Freneau, Philip. "The Wild Honey Suckle".
Summary
The speaker addresses the flower and describes her in a very sensuous and also sympathetic way. The flower's blossom are filled with honey, the nature hid this flower in the shade by a murmuring...
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Frost, Robert. "Mending Wall".
Summary and Analysis
(from Od puritanismu k postmodernismu)
The speaker describes his neighbour and himself toiling for a day and mending the wall diving each other's grounds. Neither of them, however,...
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