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1. TWO LONELY SOULS (1901) A disabled lad limps home at the end of the day’s work in his factory, left behind by the other workers because of his handicap. He stops when he hears sobbing by the roadside and tries to console another social outcast, a female worker at the factory who has been brutalised because of her ugliness. (1,400 words)
2. THE STAR OVER THE FOREST (1904) The waiter François is suddenly stricken with a slavish worship for the elegant countess (…)
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