7 stories
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Martin Andersen Nexø-
1.3K
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110 parts
The air hangs thick with brine and the scent of rotting timber. Pelle, born to the relentless churn of the sea and the brutal hunger of dock... -
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Theodore Dreiser-
708
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64 parts
A creeping dread clings to the shadowed avenues of New York, mirroring the suffocating ambition of Silas Thorne. Dreiser paints a city not o... -
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Fyodor Dostoevsky-
687
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58 parts
A St. Petersburg draped in perpetual twilight, where shadows cling to damp cobblestones and the breath of winter never truly leaves the air.... -
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Honoré de Balzac-
203
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12 parts
The air hangs thick with the scent of decay and lilies, clinging to the crumbling chateau like a shroud. Here, amidst shadowed corridors and... -
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Honoré de Balzac-
182
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9 parts
The Rue Saint-Honoré exhales secrets in the Parisian dusk, clinging to the silk gowns and shadowed doorways like a stifled confession. Withi... -
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Honoré de Balzac-
125
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2 parts
A suffocating Paris exhales decay and ambition. Within its labyrinthine streets, old Goriot’s devotion – a father’s love consumed by the gil... -
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Zofia Nałkowska-
124
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4 parts
The air hangs thick with the scent of decaying lace and unspoken grief. Within the shadowed confines of a crumbling Warsaw estate, the lives... -