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Illustration in period style created for this sequence.

Short Stories: Twists, Secrets and Revenge

Four stories, four surprises

A borrowed necklace in Paris, a Christmas gift in New York, a fallen tree in a winter forest, and a cask of wine in the catacombs. Maupassant, O. Henry, Saki and Poe: masters of the last line.

Première
B1+ towards B2 · four stories, writing a twistTerminale LV1
B2 to C1 · C1/C2 track at the end of every session · C1/C2 essayBac pro
Light version · B1 · two stories, gap-fill worksheetsVersion dys
Dyslexia friendly · all four stories, sentence starters

The texts (public domain)

The Necklace
Guy de Maupassant, 1884 · full textThe Gift of the Magi
O. Henry, 1905 · full textThe Interlopers
Saki (H. H. Munro), 1919 · full textThe Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe, 1846 · full text

New: comparative literature

In every version, a session compares Maupassant's La Parure, studied in French class, with its English translation.

Author portraits: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Story illustrations in period style created for this sequence.

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