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Greek poem attributed to Theocritus
Idyll XIX, also titled Κηριοκλέπτης, is a poem doubtfully ascribed to the third-century BC Greek poet Theocritus. Eros complains of the painful stings inflicted by the small bees, and Aphrodite laughingly compares them to the bittersweet darts of love shot by Eros himself. Wikipedia →
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Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1813
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890
Les MisérablesVictor Hugo · 1862
Herfsttij der MiddeleeuwenJohan Huizinga · 1919
The boys' life of Theodore RooseveltHermann Hagedorn · 1918
Selected English short stories (XIX & XX centuries)Mary Ann Lamb, Ambrose Bierce · 1921
Collected StoriesTennessee Williams · 1985
Selected English Short Stories XIX & XX centuries (Third Series)Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce · 1927
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