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My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro
by
Jeffrey Eugenides
(editor)
Nov. 15, 2025 - Nov. 17, 2025
(fiction, great-writing, to-buy)
Eugenides, J. (2008). My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro. Harper.
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frippery »
(noun) showy or unnecessary ornament in architect…
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contrapuntal »
of or in counterpoint
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plangent »
loud, reverberating, and often melancholy
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supernumerary »
(adjective) exceeding the usual, stated, or presc…
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“The company left us high and dry,” she said. “I …
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Maybe that was the reason for the wrinkles. Someb…
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To her, Grant and Fiona and Aubrey too must seem …
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[...] Her body jumped and contracted interestingl…
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What I did took nerve because it gave her a treme…
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INTRODUCTION
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LOVE
by
Grace Paley
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52
A ROSE FOR EMILY
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THE DEAD
by
James Joyce
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104
DIRTY WEDDING
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NATASHA
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SOME OTHER, BETTER OTTO
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THE HITCHHIKING GAME
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LOVERS OF THEIR TIME
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MOUCHE
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THE MOON IN ITS FLIGHT
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SPRING IN FIALTA
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HOW TO BE AN OTHER WOMAN
by
Lorrie Moore
AAHHHHHH
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YOURS
by
Mary Robison
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272
THE BAD THING
by
David Gates
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287
FIRST LOVE
by
Isaac Babel
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295
TONKA
by
Robert Musil
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341
JON
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RED ROSE, WHITE ROSE
by
Eileen Chang
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3
419
FIREWORKS
by
Richard Ford
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1
438
WE DIDN'T
by
Stuart Dybek
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450
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS NOTHING
by
Miranda July
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471
THE MAGIC BARREL
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INNOCENCE
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