"The Truth About George" by P. G. Wodehouse - Review

The story "The Truth About George" by P. G. Wodehouse is a funny story where Mr. Mulliner tells the narrator how his nephew George miraculously got rid of his stutter.

The nephew George, before making proposal his girlfriend for marriage, visits a specialist in London who advises him to talk to three complete strangers every day as a way to combat his stammer. George decides to do this immediately on the train back home.

But the first person he meets also stammers, and stammering back at this person would be crazy.

The second person he meets turns out to be a madman who has escaped from a local asylum, who wishes to perform a human sacrifice on George. George manages to escape and hides under a bench in the carriage.

A woman takes a seat in the same compartment, and when George emerges from under the bench and tries to talk to her, she assumes that George must be an escaped madman, and she pulls the emergency stop cord, causing the train to stop.

When a crowd of onlookers appears, George runs away from them at high speed, followed by twenty-seven people with pitchforks.

Thus cured of his stutter, he proposes to his girlfriend, and she accepts.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/p-g-wodehouse/mr-mulliner-stories/text/the-truth-about-george

The Young Tsar by Leo Tolstoy - Review

The story “The Young Tsar” by Leo Tolstoy presents three types of government. 

One of them is suggested to the young tsar by a courtier. This method boils down to ruling like the father of this Tsar. It looks reasonable, why do the courtiers need changes? 

Another method is suggested to the tsar by his foreign wife. She wants to see the Russian monarchy more democratic. 

 But the third method of government is suggested by the author himself. And this method is, of course, the only correct one! The reader can learn about it from the story itself.

Here is the link to the text of the story:

https://americanliterature.com/author/leo-tolstoy/short-story/the-young-tsar/

“Flotsam and Jetsam” by William Somerset Maugham- Review

The story“Flotsam and Jetsam” by William Somerset Maugham tells a story about an intriguing life on a rubber plantation.

The story begins as an English family in a very remote place on a river in the jungle, giving shelter to a wanderer who had a fever.

The main characters hide a common secret - a passionate affair that led to murder. The couple remains together in suffering - the husband cannot let his wife go without arousing suspicion, the wife finds in her very existence and presence a way to punish him for ruining her life.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://kaf1.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/maugham_somerset_sixtyfive_short_stories.pdf

“Taste” by Roald Dahl - Review

The story “Taste” by Roald Dahl is told in the first person, from the point of view of the narrator, whose name is unknown, because he is not the main character in this work.

He is present at a family dinner at the house of a stockbroker, where a gourmet wine connoisseur is also invited. The narrator tells about the established tradition between the host of the house and the gourmet - to make a bet.

The essence of the bet is to test the skill of a gourmet, his ability to taste, smell, determine the vine, harvest, variety, aging, brand of wine, etc.

It was funny how it would all be finished, the ending makes readers smile.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.deyeshigh.co.uk/downloads/literacy/world_book_day/roald_dahl_s_tales_of_the_unexpected.pdf

The Heart of a Broken Story by J.D.Salinger — Review

A short story “The Heart of a Broken Story» by J.D.Salinger takes place in New-York- city.

The author uses a funny manner style in his story. Like, there is a simple guy. And there is she, who will never look in his direction under any circumstances. And so the writer begins to fantasize, what would happen if our guy decided to get to know her.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://teletype.in/@forever_autumn/rJSXITstQ?ysclid=m5i5gs2cbw933076793

A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell — Review

A short story “A Jury of Her Peer” by Susan Glaspell takes place in America in the early 20s. Two women solve a murder, but hide it from the sheriff and his deputy.

The story gives the concepts of good and evil and contrasts law and justice, as well as the world of men and the world of women.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://americanliterature.com/author/susan-glaspell/short-story/a-jury-of-her-peers/