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3 stories · Selected from the catalog

Realist & social

Dougherty’s Eye-Opener

After years of solitary evenings, a sporting man's wife asks him to take her out to dinner.

9 min · Hopeful

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Themes: Marriage · Gender roles & sexism · Regret
Settings: The city
Tone: Wry
Style: Conversational
Pace: Measured
Written for: For adults

Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches

A penniless society widow takes charge of a Texas ranch and finds an old suitor managing it.

30 min · Romantic

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Themes: Love · Wealth & money · Regret
Settings: The countryside
Tone: Wry
Style: Conversational · Descriptive
Pace: Leisurely
Written for: For adults
Motifs: Inheritance & wills

Realist & social

Round the Circle

Lost in the Texas brush, a quarrelsome rancher reconsiders how he has treated his lonely wife.

8 min · Humorous

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Themes: Marriage · Regret · Nature & wilderness
Settings: The countryside · Wilderness
Tone: Ironic
Style: Dialect-rich · Descriptive
Pace: Measured
Written for: For adults
Motifs: Journeys & quests

3 stories