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Upper and working class collide as young Laura's family throw a lavish garden party.
Portrait of an old lady deeply affected by the death of her grandson.
As Bertha Young turns the corner of her street she is overcome by a feeling of bliss. Subtle tale of the events surrounding a couple's dinner party.
An older woman goes for a walk in the park.
A day in the life of the inhabitants of Crescent Bay.
Two sisters readjust their lives following the death of their father.
A man prepares to propose to a woman he considers hopelessly out of his league.
A coulple are left in charge of a difficult young girl while her mother visits a Casino.
A portrait of a couple's post-divorce relationship as a lawyer visits his ex-wife and their two children.
A young girl is sent off on a voyage with her grandmother.
With a mixture of excitement and trepidation, a country girl newly arrived in the city attends her first ball.
A music teacher takes a singing class soon after receiving a terrible letter.
A man waits for his wife to disembark the ship she has returned on after ten months in Europe.
A literary sketch of a bank holiday fair.
After another hard day's work at the office, an aging man reflects on the state of his family.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
"It's at the ranch, on the other side of the farm, in those mountains. All we need to do is catch it. Can you imagine how much we can sell it for?
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
