A World of Difference

Description:

The umbrella man / Roald Dahl -- [The landlady](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504259W) / Roald Dahl -- Remote / Bernard MacLaverty -- Jubilee / Graham Greene -- [Désirée's baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W) / Kate Chopin -- [The story of an hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W) / Kate Chopin -- The lottery / Shirley Jackson.

subjects: Short stories,  Problems, exercises,  Short horror story,  cyanide,  miscegenation,  Louisiana Creoles,  quadroons,  racism,  freedom,  selfhood,  self-fulfillment,  meaning of love,  short story

People: Billy Weaver,  Christopher Mulholland,  Gregory W. Temple,  Armand Aubigny,  Désirée,  Madame Valmont,  Sandrine,  La Blanche,  Louise Mallard,  Brently Mallard,  Josephine,  Richards

Places: Eton College,  Cambridge,  Louisiana,  L’Abri,  Mallard residence

Times: 19th century,  Antebellum era