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The SignalMan' is a short story by the famous author Charles Dickens. A man meets a railway worker witnessing supernatural events. The man doubts the worker in the beginning, but he starts to believe the worker through the story.

Oscar Wilde tells the story of the wedding of a prince and a Russian princess ending with fireworks. When the madly in love couple starts talking to each other, we meet the very distinguished Remarkable Rocket. And we see the amazing epigram by Wilde, 'I like to do all of the talking myself. It saves time and prevents arguments.'

Mateo Falcone who was a respected landlord living in a rocky part of Corsica frequented by fugitives, leaves the responsibility of the house to his tenyearold son Fortunato while inspecting a sheep flock. In the absence of the father, a wanted fugitive named Gianetto wants to hide in the house knowing Mateo’s reputation. Even though he hesitates in the beginning, after seeing the silver coins Gianetto offers, Fortunato accepts the new guest into the house. “Mateo Falcone” is now on Sesle Kitap.

“After listening to me for a few moments he continued: That is good. You will go and interview certain men and women, first upon the age at which one loves the most, next upon the age when one is most loved? Is that your idea? And now to whom will you go first?” Listen to “The Age of Love” by Paul Bourget who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times, on SesleKitap.

A short story carefully written by Anton Chekhov provides readers with a very detailed background on characters and explains their obvious personalities. It gives the readers the chance to explore beyond the written words.

“A Piece of Bread” is written by the famous French poet and author François Coppee. The story tells how the mind of a wealthy duke has changed after meeting a poor soldier coming from a different part of the country. The story is thought to be influenced by the FrenchPrussian War in 1887. Coppee writes about the war and how it changes people with an impressive literary style.

Don Juan Belvideore, the young and spoiled son of the wealthy aristocrat Bartolammeo Belvidore, visits his father after being told that his father is on death bed by a maid. During this visit, the father tells his son about an elixir in one of his drawers and wants him to put on this liquid on his body after his death. This liquid shall turn him back to life and make him young again. Don Juan who does not follow his dad’s wish at the time, will wish the same thing from his own son.

Poe tells the story of a nervous character, alleged to be “crazy” refusing all claims. He believes that his disposition arises from a heightening of the senses: "Above all was the sense of hearing acute" (74). The narrator takes care of a rich old man whose diseased eye he becomes obsessed with. He becomes so obsessed with this EvilEye that eventually, he decides to kill the old man. But what and how he will do it, is a mystery for you to find out.

What happens if nobody does what they are supposed to do? What happens if we want someone else to carry our burdens? Is collective laziness good? What is the cost of selfindulgence? Can mistakes from the past be fixed? Isn't accepting a mistake, a mistake in itself? What separates right from wrong? Why do some people not want to believe in truth? Why do some people like to live in pain instead of trying to fix the situation? Is suffering a destiny? Is thinking a hard business? Is gossiping a way of thinking? What awaits the society that does not criticize itself.