One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages:

The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho

- The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain

- The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock

- Work, Death and Sickness by Leo Tolstoy

- The Father by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

- Emancipation. A Life Fable by Kate Chopin

- An Uncomfortable Bed by Guy de MaupassantFor more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!