could you please think of and write a few titles... aside from "the picture of dorian gray" by o. wilde.
2007-06-08 22:12:38 · 6 answers · asked by Analyst 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
This is the old "Spider and Fly" plot. There's a folk tale about a couple who keep wishing until they rule the world and that's not good enough for them. So they end up with nothing. It's more of a moral than a plot really-books like "Great Expectations" and "Jane Eyre" could lead you to this conclusion. There must be hundreds more.
2007-06-08 22:22:42 · answer #1 · answered by plwimsett 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Needful Things by Stephen King
2007-06-09 07:59:32 · answer #2 · answered by kaliluna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys is one of these, a sort of prequel/retelling of Jane Eyre from the point of view of ROchester's wife
2007-06-09 11:58:42 · answer #3 · answered by Ms. Switch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A well-known short story with that theme is "The Monkey's Paw," by W. W. Jacobs.
2007-06-08 23:43:43 · answer #4 · answered by greyguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's one with that exact title.
Be Careful What You Wish for
by Cheryl Faye
http://www.smarter.com/be_careful_what_you_wish_for---pd--ch-1--pi-161445.html
2007-06-08 22:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the monkey's paw - short story
2007-06-09 02:34:12 · answer #6 · answered by Bibliophile 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋