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The 20th Century · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-20th-century/faulkner-rose-for-emily/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-20th-century/faulkner-rose-for-emily/A Southern town tells the story of the strange old woman it watched for decades. The 20th Century · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-20th-century/oneill-mourning-becomes-electra/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-20th-century/oneill-mourning-becomes-electra/Aeschylus' Oresteia retold in New England after the Civil War, a family undone by its past. The 20th Century · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-20th-century/hemingway-short-happy-life/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-20th-century/hemingway-short-happy-life/On an African safari, a man shamed by his fear finds his courage, briefly. 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