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American author Kate Chopin's "The Kiss" was written on September 19, 1894, and first published in Vogue on January 17, 1895. It is a short story about a woman scheming to marry a wealthy man.

Revenge is one of the great themes in literature, from Shakespeare to Poe. This collection contains 18 original stories commissioned for this volume plus a reprint of a classic Ruth Rendell mystery.

Meet the people who make it all happen—the photographers, chefs, and the writers who have helped orchestrate and document the perfect day for countless couples—as they find their own happy endings in three sweet novellas. Picture Perfect Love: A June Wedding Story by Melissa McClone When...

When travel writer Autumn Mitchell blows into Silverbrae, North Carolina, on a quest to uncover the perfect wedding destination, she expects scenic views—not a detour that changes everything. Enter Duncan Finley, a skilled craftsman as steady and rooted as the town itself.

In “The Kiss”, a lonely, love-starved soldier keeps a secret rendezvous for another man and becomes enamored with a woman he is never to see again. “The Duel” describes the collisions between men and women in hopeless relationships, and how two men are driven to settle the score in a clandestine meeting on a bridge, pistols in hand. In all of these stories, Chekhov’s brilliant portrayal of people from all walks of life and how they deal with the moral dilemmas their circumstances press upon them comes to vivid life in the listener’s mind.

Big Hot Kisses is a wingy collection of tawdry, "true" tales of lust, sex and passion. So come along on an irreverent, often humorous journey through some everyday "love" stories, where at some point you may surprisingly find yourself confronted with a familiar mirror image called real life.

Las Leyendas son un conjunto de narraciones de carácter posromántico escritas por Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer y publicadas entre 1858 y 1864. Estas narraciones tienen un carácter íntimo que evoca el pasado histórico y se caracterizan por una acción verosímil con una introducción de elementos fantásticos o insólitos. Incluye las leyendas '¡Es raro!', 'Creed en Dios', 'El caudillo de las manos rojas', 'El Cristo de la calavera', 'El gnomo', 'El monte de las ánimas', 'La ajorca de oro'.

O beijo conta a história de uma moça que deseja se casar com um rapaz rico, mas tem um relacionamento com outro homem. Neste conto, Kate Chopin aborda a questão do dinheiro que se sobrepõe ao amor.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald nació en Saint Paul, Minnesota, el 24 de septiembre de 1896. Su obra refleja los problemas de la juventud de su país en los años subsiguientes a la Primera Guerra Mundial.