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  2. Florante at Laura - Wikipedia

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    978-1-78435-092-5. Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas. The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia"). [2] [3] [4] The story is loosely based on Balagtas' own biography.

  3. A Good Man Is Hard to Find (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. 1953. " A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia ], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit".

  4. Sisyphus - Wikipedia

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    Sisyphus. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos ( / ˈsɪsɪfəs /; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος Sísyphos) was the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth ). He was a devious tyrant who killed visitors to show off his power. This violation of the sacred hospitality tradition greatly angered the gods.

  5. Dick Whittington and His Cat - Wikipedia

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    Coloured cut from a children's book published in New York, c. 1850 (Dunigan's edition). Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. [1] The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made ...

  6. What is 'Cat Person'? How the viral short story led to a movie

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    What is 'Cat Person? Kristen Roupenian's short story " Cat Person" was published by The New Yorker in December 2017. Immediately viral, the story was The New Yorker’s second most-read story that ...

  7. Sa Aking Mga Kabata - Wikipedia

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    Philippines. Language. Tagalog. Subject (s) Language. " Sa Aking Mga Kabatà " (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1] There is not enough evidence, however, to ...

  8. Liger - Wikipedia

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    The name "liger", a portmanteau of lion and tiger, was coined by the 1930s. [ 4] ". Ligress" is used to refer to a female liger, on the model of "tigress". In 1825, G. B. Whittaker made an engraving of liger cubs born in 1824. [ 3] The parents and their three liger offspring are also depicted with their trainer in a 19th-century painting in the ...

  9. Cat Person - Wikipedia

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    Cat Person. " Cat Person " is a short story by Kristen Roupenian that was first published in December 2017 in The New Yorker before going viral online. [1] [2] The BBC described the short story as "being shared widely online as social media users discuss how much it relates to modern-day dating". [3]