Clifton Fadiman

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Videos

Analyze short fiction elements evidenced in “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Necklace,” and “The Magic Shop”

Listen to Clifton Fadiman discussing the publication of Frank Stockton's short story “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

Explore Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story “Dr. Heidegger's Experiment” with Clifton Fadiman

Explore the use of music, theme and variations, and condensed words in Thornton Wilder's Our Town

Listen to an analysis of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town

Explore essential elements of the novel with Clifton Fadiman and actors

Explore English novelist Charles Dickens's early Victorian era and literature with Clifton Fadiman

Watch dramatized scenes of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations with literary commentary by Clifton Fadiman

Watch dramatized scenes of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations with literary commentary by Clifton Fadiman

How humans search for the meaning of life

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

Close up of a stack of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

List of Lists: 6 Extremely Random Historical Catalogs

Girl Reading On Turquoise Couch

9 American Countercultural Books

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Panama Canal infographic

Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)

9 Worst Generals in History

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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Clifton Fadiman: Quotes

Food and Eating
. . . cheese, milk's leap toward immortality.Clifton Fadiman: Any Number Can Play