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What (who) is short story - definition

BRIEF WORK OF LITERATURE, USUALLY WRITTEN IN NARRATIVE PROSE
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short story         
¦ noun a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
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(short stories)
A short story is a written story about imaginary events that is only a few pages long.
He published a collection of short stories.
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Short story collection         
BOOK CONTAINING SEVERAL SHORT STORIES
Short story collections; Tanpenshu; Short Story Collection; Tanpenshū; Collection of short stories; Collections of short stories
A short story collection is a book of short stories and/or novellas by a single author. A short story collection is distinguished from an anthology of fiction, which would contain work by several authors (e.

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Short story

A short story, also known as a nouvelle, is a piece of prose fiction that can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century.

Examples of use of short story
1. Perhaps, in spite of prophecies, the short story will survive.
2. Clarke‘s 1'51 short story "The Sentinel," and Mr.
3. He didn‘t know whether he was writing a short story or a poem or a song.
4. His first moneymaking piece was a short story published in Esquire for $150 during the 1'30s.
5. In the short story, the protagonist is young 26 year old man who is a dreamer.