Lessons from Literature - Stories That Show the Struggles of the Poor: Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

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· Copyright Group · Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick, David Shaw-Parker, and Tom McLean
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In this volume to be poor and living a life in squalor and destitution is examined by our many literary talents. Their insights help us to reveal and understand the difficulties of their lives and why so many of them are tragically cut short and riven with a never-ending burden of problems.

01 - Lessons From Literature - Stories That Show the Struggles of the Poor - An Introduction

2 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyveskey

3 - A Piece of Steak by Jack London

4 - Claude Geaux by Victor Hugo

5 - Aloysha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy

6 - According to Their Lights by O Henry

7 - The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Cloak'

8 - The Knitted Collar by Mary Anne Hoare

9 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin

10 - The Skylight Room by O Henry

11 - Vanka by Anton Chekhov

12 - Rashomon by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

13 - In The Steppe by Maxim Gorky

14 - The Servant by S T Semyonov

15 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry

16 - In Affection and Esteem by Mary Webb

17 - Ben Pitcher's Elly by Mary E Mann

18 - A Strange Story by Ivan Turgenev

19 - The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather

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