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Summary

We love reason, advancing through facts to reach a conclusion that explains exactly where we are at.   
 
When literary masters create their stories on this theme we are left with some quite brilliant and riveting works that help us gain fascinating insight into both author, story and the world beyond. 
 
1 - Philosophical Stories - An Introduction 
2 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
3 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 1 by Herman Melville 
4 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 2 by Herman Melville 
5 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
6 - Parker Adderson, Philosopher by Ambrose Bierce 
7 - Dickory Cronke, The Dumb Philosopher or Great Britain's Wonder by Daniel D 
8 - Plato's Dream by Voltaire 
9 - The Shades, A Phantasy by Vladimir Korolenko 
10 - Gods in Exile by Heinrich Heine 
11 - An Evening Guest by Alexander Kuprin 
12 - Bellerophon To Anteia by Mary Butts 
13 - Putois by Anatole France 
14 - The Lightning Rod Man by Herman Melville 
15 - Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce 
16 - A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka

Duration: about 9 hours (09:14:32)
Publishing date: 2024-08-01; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2024. Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Short Stories
• Essay