The Income-tax Man by Mark Twain — Review

The short story “The Income-tax Man” by Mark Twain, talks about the tax inspector who comes to the famous writer. The author displays a manner of boasting, as a feature of human nature. Another subject here is the fairness of people in terms of paying taxes.

The author presents the story with a great sense of humour, easily and gracefully.

This is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.vma.is/static/files/enska/Bokmenntir/Short%20Stories/TheIncomeTaxMan_Twain.pdf

President Cleveland, Where Are You? by Robert Cormier — Review

The story “President Cleveland, Where Are You?” by Robert Cormier is written about teenagers and for teenagers. During the period of becoming adults, children face different dilemmas which stay in their memories as either accomplishments or mistakes.



This is a link to the text of 5he story:

https://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/cms/lib/GA01903603/Centricity/Domain/2941/PresidentClevelandStory.pdf

Mabel by William Somerset Maugham — Review

The short story, Mabel, gives readers a lot of positive emotions thanks to the great sense of humour of the author, the British writer William Somerset Maugham.

The story tells about a man who tried to avoid marriage and a woman who played her role in this game.


Here is the link to the text of this story:
https://mmccl.blogspot.com/2016/02/mabel-1924.html

War of the Clowns by Mia Couto -- Review

António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto is a Mozambican writer. The story “War of the Clowns” represents a wonderful piece of flash fiction. 

The author describes a fight between two clowns. It's clear that the clowns are a metaphor. One possible interpretation is that politicians are presented in the story as the clowns. As is usual in flash fiction, the central message becomes apparent when the reader reaches the end.

Here is the link to the text of the story:

http://www.massreview.org/sites/default/files/Couto%2C%20Mia.pdf