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The Shadow
H. C. Andersen
15 min
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Captivating story of a learned man and his shadow, which gains self-awareness and embarks on a journey of its own, eventually surpassing its master.
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It is in the hot lands that the sun burns, sure enough! there the people become quite a mahogany brown, ay, and in the HOTTEST lands they are burnt to Negroes. But now it was only to the HOT lands that a learned man had come from the cold; there he thought that he could run about just as when at home, but he soon found out his mistake.He, and all sensible folks, were obliged to stay within doors—the window-shutters...
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