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Louisa May Alcott's Thanksgiving story; A charming tale of culinary chaos, family love, and the disasters that make the best memories. americanliterature.com/author/louisa-… #shortstoryoftheday
Lincoln's 1863 proclamation established our national day of gratitude: Thanksgiving, a radical act of hope when the nation needed healing most. americanliterature.com/history/abraha… #thanksgiving #americanhistory
Mary Wilkins Freeman shares her story about three sisters and a turkey-weighing contest. What starts as harmless rivalry becomes a tender lesson about honesty, pride, and the true meaning of gratitude. #childrenstories #shortstoryoftheday americanliterature.com/author/mary-e-…
George Gissing: "The cheery dreamer chanced to turn his eyes upon a spot of desolation which aroused his curiosity and set his fancy at work." americanliterature.com/author/george-… #shortstoryoftheday #shortstorycollection
Blaisdell: Journey back to 1621 Plymouth, where survival met celebration. americanliterature.com/author/albert-… #firstthanksgiving #shortstoryoftheday
Harriet Beecher Stowe turns a quiet New England homestead into a sharp look at duty, community, and conscience. It has more bite than you’d expect—worth reading for its clear-eyed portrait of rural life and moral pressure.americanliterature.com/author/harriet… #thanksgiving #shortstoryoftheday
Abraham Lincoln delivered The Gettysburg Address today, 1863. "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." americanliterature.com/history/abraha… #gettysburg
Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was first published today in 1865. americanliterature.com/author/mark-tw… #shortstory #marktwain #shortstoryoftheday
Walt Whitman's poem celebrates the opening of the Suez Canal, today in 1869, an extraordinary feat. americanliterature.com/author/walt-wh… #suezcanal #waltwhitman #poemoftheday
Laura Richards' whimsical tale proves that the most magnificent feasts are often the ones we dream up ourselves—and a crumb of kindness can feed a friendship. americanliterature.com/author/laura-e… #foodstories #shortstory
F. Scott Fitzgerald's story about a dilemma: Does newlywed Jim Mathers, with a baby on the way, follow the generous impulses of his "hot blood" or the prudent, practical considerations of his "cold blood"? americanliterature.com/author/f-scott… #fscottfitzgerald #shortstory
Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick; or The Whale" was published today in 1851; enjoy this excerpt for "There she blows!" americanliterature.com/author/herman-… #mobydick #shortstoryoftheday #shortstory
Bejamin Franklin boasts to know all of the inferior animal tongues in this charming letter to one of his many French lady friends about what we can learn from the mayfly americanliterature.com/author/benjami… #shortstoryoftheday #benjaminfranklin
Kathleen Norris delivers a charming story about the sometimes unlikely road that some people travel to find happiness. americanliterature.com/author/kathlee… #shortstoryoftheday #findhappiness
Stephen Crane's "The Veteran" on Veteran's Day. It's the "Red Badge of Courage" sequel, Henry Fleming is an old man. americanliterature.com/author/stephen… #VeteransDay #shortstoryoftheday
William Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature, today in 1949. "A Rose for Emily": "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all." americanliterature.com/author/william… #southerngothic #NobelPrizeWinner #shortstoryoftheday
There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellow richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring new glory on the autumn woods, And dipping in warm light the pillared clouds. Excerpt from "Autumn" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A tender story by T.S. Arthur, today's short story of the day americanliterature.com/author/ts-arth… #shortstories #angels #FeelGoodStories
Timely poem by Anna Akhmatova. Relying on an economy of words and emotional restraint, her style set her apart from her contemporaries, and she became a leading female voice in Russian literature. americanliterature.com/author/anna-ak… #poemoftheday #russianliterature
Maxim Gorky: "In our present state of culture hunger of the mind is more quickly satisfied than hunger of the body." americanliterature.com/author/maxim-g… #shortstories #shortstoryoftheday
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