In "Clear and Gentle Stream," the English poet Robert Bridges (1844-1930) unfolds a nostalgic picture of a countryside childhood. The poem's speaker revisits the "clear and gentle stream" where he use
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Orbital
by Samantha Harvey
Six astronauts and cosmonauts live aboard a space station, orbiting Earth every 90 minutes. They come from different countries—America, Japan, Britain, Italy, and Russia—but share the same confined sp
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The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
The unnamed narrator, an adult female writer, thinks back to her childhood spent in French Indochina. Specifically, she reflects on how, at 18, her face changed in a way that made her appear suddenly
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