Chekhov noted that if, early in a story, mention was made of a rifle hanging on the wall, it would eventually have to go off. Hanging on the window frame of the schoolhouse in Machado de Assis's "A School Story" is not a rifle, but a paddle, complete with five holes drilled in it.
Genre: short story
Length: 3,450 words
Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuen
Title : A School Story
EAN : 9781301431960
Publisher : Fario
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