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327:Description of a Struggle
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791:The Great Wall of China
655:The Problem of Our Laws
571:Investigations of a Dog
420:The Great Wall of China
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760:Short story
746:On Parables
739:Give It Up!
676:The Vulture
557:The Refusal
525:My Neighbor
518:Eleven Sons
261:Franz Kafka
155:The Penguin
133:Give It Up!
128:Peter Kuper
56:Renaissance
25:Franz Kafka
21:The Vulture
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704:Homecoming
641:Fellowship
620:Prometheus
585:The Burrow
483:The Bridge
348:The Stoker
288:The Castle
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669:The Test
648:At Night
634:Poseidon
153:villain
113:in 1990.
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877:Letters
690:The Top
441:A Dream
295:Amerika
105:artist
103:Israeli
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273:Novels
151:Batman
67:Engels
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