The Schartz-Metterklume Method by H.H. Munro (SAKI)— Review

The short story “The Schartz-Metterklume Method” by H.H. Munro (SAKI) tells about lady who gir stuck at the railway station, she was mistakenly met as a governess, and this mistake led to a rather funy story…

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://americanliterature.com/author/hh-munro-saki/short-story/the-schartz-metterklume-method

“Mulliner’s Buck-U-Uppo” by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse — Review

The short story “Mulliner’s Buck-U-Uppo” by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse tells about Augustine Mulliner, a quiet and sickly and overly modest assistant vicar, one day received from his Aunt Angela an experimental vitamin, body strengthening remedy…

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/p-g-wodehouse/mr-mulliner-stories/text/mulliners-buck-u-uppo

“A Traveler at Forty: Paris!” by Theodore Dreiser— Review

In 1913, Dreiser published a book in a new genre of travel writing - “A Traveler at Forty” (1913). The book is interesting for studying Dreiser's journalistic and literary skills, and for identifying his views on the most important social problems.

The story of the creation of the book “A Traveler at Forty” is as follows. In 1911, Dreiser traveled to Europe. He visited England, France, and Germany. He wrote a series of essays about this trip, which he finally edited and finished in January 1912. In 1913 it was published in book form.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://loa-shared.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/Dreiser_Paris.pdf

“The Swimmer,” by John Cheever— Review

The story “The Swimmer,” by John Cheever is about the transformation of the main character from a state of well-being to... What exactly awaits him at the end of this adventure, conceived and carried out by him, readers will find out when they read.

The tragedy, meaninglessness and hopelessness of existence are metaphorically defined by the author in the description of events, characters, surroundings, and natural changes.

The story can be interpreted in different ways: as the fevered imagination of a crazy protagonist, and as a metaphor for life, which the author presents to us using the example of an unlucky person who has lost his social position.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1964/07/18/the-swimmer