SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : THE LAW OF LIFE BY JACK LONDON

THE LAW OF LIFE BY JACK LONDON

1,522 views•Aug 6, 2020

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The Law of Life by Jack London

Story level 2

 

"The Law of Life" is a short story by the American naturalist writer Jack London. It was first published in McClure's Magazine, Vol.16, March, 1901. In 1902, it was published in a collection of Jack London's stories, The Children of Frost, by Macmillan Publishers

 

This short story covers the last 5 hours of the old and dying Inuit chief Koskoosh. His tribe needs to travel in search of clothing and shelter so he is left to die because of his age and inability to see properly. Even his son has to leave him because he has a new family to feed and take care of.

 

However, the old Koskoosh is not dissatisfied as he knows the law of life and her desires. He accepts his fate peacefully and starts to visualize the events of his past. The images of both great famine and times of plenty vividly comes to his mind. As an experienced person he contemplates nature and ultimately accepts its individualism.

 

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R.K.NARAYAN'S MALGUDI DAYS (ENGLISH) - LEELA'S FRIEND

MALGUDI DAYS (ENGLISH) - LEELA'S FRIEND 

- EPISODE 17

10,445 views•Sep 25, 2019

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Malgudi Days (English) - Leela's Friend - Episode 17

 

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Starring : Arundati Rao, Kumar Iyengar, Gunjan Patel, Jagadish Malnad, G.N.Deshpande, John Devraj and Dr Satish Jigjini.

Director – SHANKAR NAG

Screenplay and Dialogues – Ranjit Chowdhry

Script – V. Shantakumar

Music Director – L. Vaidyanathan

Producer – T.S.Narasimhan - Padam Rag Films

Illustrations – R K Laxman

Episode 17 : " Leela's Friend " 

Sidda was hanging about the gate at a moment when Mr Sivasanker was standing in the front veranda of his house brooding over the servant problem. Sidda inquired whether they wanted a servant. Sidda told that he worked in a doctor’s bungalow. Mr Sivasanker was unable to make up his mind. Leela their five year old daughter came out looked at Sidda and gave a cry of joy. She said she liked him. Sidda was given two meals a day and four rupees a month in return for which he washed clothes, tended the garden, ran errands, chopped wood and looked after Leela. Sidda had to drop any work he might be doing and run to play with Leela when she would cry. Leela stood in the front garden with a red ball in her hand. His company made her supremely happy. She flung the ball at him and he flung it back. At dusk he carried her in and she held a class for him. It gave her great joy to play the teacher to Sidda. After dinner Leela ran to her bed. Sidda had to be ready with a story. He sat down on the floor near the bed and told incomparable stories of Animals in the Jungle, Gods in Heaven, Magicians who could conjure up golden castles and fill them with little princesses and their pets. Day by day she clung closer to him. She insisted upon having his company all her waking hours. She was at his side when he was working in the garden or chopping wood and accompanied him when he was sent on errands. One evening he went out to buy sugar and Leela went with him. When they came home Leela’s mother noticed that a gold chain Leela had been wearing was missing. She inquired about the gold chain. Leela looked into her shirt and said she didnot knew. Her mother gave her a slap. As Sidda came in Leela’s mother threw a glance at him and thought the fellow already looked queer. She asked him about the chain. His throat went dry. He blinked and answered that he did not know. She mentioned the police and shouted at him. She had to go back into the kitchen for a moment because she had left something in the oven. Leela followed her whining that she was hungry. When they came out again and called Sidda there was no answer. Sidda had vanished into the night. Mr Sivasanker came home an hour later grew very excited over all this went to the police station and lodged a complaint. After her meal Leela refused to go to bed. She said she won’t sleep unless Sidda comes and tells her stories. The thought of Sidda made her mother panicky. By the time Sivasanker returned Leela had fallen asleep. He said that it seems Sidda is an old criminal. From the description he gave the inspector was able to identify him in a moment. The police know his haunts. They will pick him up soon. The inspector was furious that he didn’t consult him before employing him. Four days later just as Father was coming home from the office, a police inspector and a constable brought in Sidda. Sidda stood with bowed head. Leela was overjoyed. She ran down the steps to meet Sidda. The inspector stopped her. Mr Sivasanker and his wife asked him where he had put the chain. Sidda said feebly that he had not taken it. Leela’s face became red. Leela felt disgusted with the whole business and said leave him alone he hasn’t taken the chain. Half an hour later the inspector said to the constable to take him to the station. Leela ran behind them crying. She clung to Sidda’s hand. He looked at her mutely like an animal. Mr Sivasanker carried Leela back into the house. A few days later putting her hand into the tamarind pot in the kitchen Leela’s mother picked up the chain. She took it to the tap and washed off the coating of tamarind on it. It was unmistakably Leela’s chain. When it was shown to Leela she said she wanted to wear the chain. Leela replied that she kept it in the tamarind pot long ago.

Malgudi Days is an Indian television series based on the works of R.K. Narayan. The series was directed by Kannada actor and director Shankar Nag. Carnatic musician L. Vaidyanathan composed the score. R. K Narayan's brother and acclaimed cartoonist R. K. Laxman was the sketch artist. The series was made in 1986 by film producer T. S. Narasimhan with Anant Nag as the lead actor. Thirty nine episodes of Malgudi Days were telecast on Doordarshan. Subsequently, it was re telecast on Doordarshan and later on Sony Entertainment Television and MAA Television in Telugu. This series was shot mostly near Agumbe in Shimoga District, Karnataka. Some episodes were also shot at Bengaluru and Devarayanadurga in Tumakuru District.

 

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SHERLOCK HOLMES : THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX - ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

SHERLOCK HOLMES S05E01

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX

106,980 views•Apr 19, 2020

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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : THE OBLONG BOX BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

THE OBLONG BOX BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

225 views•May 22, 2020

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The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe

Story level 2

Audio book with subtitle

 

"The Oblong Box" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844, about a sea voyage and a mysterious box.

The story opens with the unnamed narrator recounting a summer sea voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to New York City aboard the ship Independence. The narrator learns that his old college friend Cornelius Wyatt is aboard with his wife and two sisters, though he has reserved three state-rooms. After conjecturing the extra room was for a servant or extra baggage, he learns his friend has brought on board an oblong pine box: "It was about six feet in length by two and a half in breadth." The narrator notes its peculiar shape and especially an odd odor coming from it. Even so, he presumes his friend has acquired an especially valuable copy of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. The narrator has never met Wyatt's wife but heard she is a woman of "surpassing beauty, wit, and accomplishment".

The box, the narrator is surprised to learn, shares the state-room with Wyatt and his wife, while the second room is shared by the two sisters. For several nights, the narrator witnesses his friend's surprisingly unattractive wife leaving the state-room every night around 11 o'clock and going into the third state-room before returning first thing in the morning. While she is gone, the narrator believes he hears his friend opening the box and sobbing, which he attributes to "artistic enthusiasm".

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SHERLOCK HOLMES : THE EMPTY HOUSE : ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

SHERLOCK HOLMES S03E01 THE EMPTY HOUSE

102,235 views•Apr 11, 2020

MARTIN ARANDA

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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE BY OSCAR WILDE

 

 THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE BY OSCAR WILDE

1,988 views•Aug 3, 2020

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The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde

Story level 2

 

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realised. Poor Hughie! Intellectually, we must admit, he was not of much importance. He never said a brilliant or even an ill-natured thing in his life. But then he was wonderfully good-looking, with his crisp brown hair, his clear-cut profile, and his grey eyes. He was as popular with men as he was with women, and he had every accomplishment except that of making money. His father had bequeathed him his cavalry sword, and a History of the Peninsular War in fifteen volumes. Hughie hung the first over his looking-glass, put the second on a shelf between Ruff's Guide and Bailey's Magazine, and lived on two hundred a year that an old aunt allowed him. He had tried everything. He had gone on the Stock Exchange for six months; but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears? He had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, but had soon tired of pekoe and souchong. Then he had tried selling dry sherry. That did not answer; the sherry was a little too dry. Ultimately he became nothing, a delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession.

 

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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY BY JAMES THURBER

THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY 

BY JAMES THURBER

380 views•May 12, 2020

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 American adventure comedy-drama film directed, co-produced by and starring Ben Stiller and written by Steve Conrad. The film also stars Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn.

 

This is the second film adaptation of James Thurber's 1939 short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Following its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 5, 2013, the film was theatrically released by 20th Century Fox, Samuel Goldwyn Films and New Line Cinema on December 25, 2013, in North America to generally mixed reception, but was a moderate box office success. It was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2013.[10] The Secret Life of Walter Mitty was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 15, 2014, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

 

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THE MISSING GOAT

The Missing Goat ! ?

It all started one lazy Sunday afternoon 

in a small town near Toronto in Canada.

Two school-going friends had a crazy idea.

They rounded up three goats from the neighborhood and painted the numbers 

1, 2 and 4 on their sides.

That night they let the goats loose 

inside their school building. 

The next morning, 

when the authorities entered the school, 

they could smell something was wrong.

They soon saw goat droppings 

on the stairs and near the entrance 

and realized that some goats had 

entered the building.

A search was immediately launched 

and very soon, the three goats were found.

But the authorities were worried, 

where was goat No. 3?

They spent the rest of the day 

looking for goat No.3.

The school declared classes off for the students for the rest of the day.

The teachers, helpers, guards, 

canteen staffs, boys were all busy 

looking for the goat No. 3, 

which, of course, was never found.

*Simply because, it did not exist*.

Those among us who inspite of having 

a good life are always feeling a 

"lack of fulfilment" 

are actually looking for the elusive, 

missing, non-existent 

Goat No.3.

Whatever the area of complaint or dissatisfaction, relationship, 

job-satisfaction, finance, achievements, ...... 

*An absence of something*

is always 

*larger than the presence*   of many other things

Let's *Stop worrying* about goat No.3 

n enjoy the life...

Life would be so much happier

without the worries....

And *don't let* the non existent imaginary goat number 3  

to *waste your time and happiness*.

SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : A WISE WOMAN BY PHILIPPA GREGORY

 

A WISE WOMAN BY PHILIPPA GREGORY

22,193 views•Apr 24, 2020

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A Wise Woman by PHILIPPA GREGORY

Story level 1

Audio book with subtitle

 

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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE : GILES ANDREAE

 

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE : GILES ANDREAE

114,983 views•May 13, 2016

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : THE CLARION CALL BY O. HENRY

 

THE CLARION CALL BY O. HENRY

234 views•Jul 26, 2020

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"The Clarion Call"

Story level 2

Directed by HENRY HATHAWAY, from a screenplay by RICHARD L. BREEN, it stars DALE ROBERTSON AND RICHARD WIDMARK. Plot: A detective cannot arrest a murderer he knows from his past due to his honor involving an outstanding financial debt to the criminal. Once a newspaper offers a reward, after being mocked by the criminal, the detective arrests the criminal and collects the reward to repay the debt.

 

This vignette reunited Henry Hathaway and Richard Widmark who'd worked together on the noir classic Kiss of Death (1947). Widmark's character in The Clarion Call, "Johnny Kernan", is actually a reprise of his Oscar-nominated character "Tommy Udo" from Kiss of Death. Widmark's Udo/Kernan character was inspired by his love of Batman comics' "The Joker". The Tommy Udo performance in turn influenced Frank Gorshin in preparation for his "Riddler" character on the Batman TV series in the 1960s.

 

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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : THE HUSBAND BY ANTON CHEKHOV

 

THE HUSBAND BY ANTON CHEKHOV

3 views•Nov 28, 2017

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Translated by Constance Garnett

 

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COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF RUSKIN BOND

This wonderful collection of about 90 stories, short or big, is a must-have for any bookcase. Which story moves you the most and why?

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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : THE TALENT BY ANTON CHEKHOV

 

THE TALENT

173 views•Jun 6, 2013

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The Tales of Chekhov audiobook

by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Translated by Constance Garnett (1861-1946)

 

This is the first of thirteen volumes of Anton Chekhov's short stories, translated by Constance Garnett.

 

Anton Chekhov was a Russian doctor who turned to fiction as a hobby, and quickly blossomed into one of the masters of the short story genre. Though he is arguably best known for his dramatic works, such as The Cherry Orchard, his stories are widely considered to be some of the most perfect examples of short fiction ever written.

 

Constance Black Garnett was an English housewife who taught herself Russian as a hobby, and subsequently introduced the English-speaking world to some of the greatest Russian authors, including Chekhov and Dostoevsky. Though she was almost entirely self-taught in her knowledge of Russian, she was a prolific translator, and her works are still lauded today for their readability and accuracy. (Summary by KIRSTEN FERRERI)

 

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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : VANKA, BY ANTON CHEKHOV

VANKA, BY ANTON CHEKHOV

63 views•Feb 11, 2019

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FREDERICK WEMYSS reads Anton Chekhov's story, "Vanka," in the translation by Constance Garnett.

The text is in the Public Domain in the United States.

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer. He wrote in the Russian language.

CONSTANCE GARNETT (1861-1946) was an English lady and did her translations from Russian into English.

 

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HOMAGE TO ANTON CHEKHOV AND CONSTANCE GARNETT.