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  2. Short story - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  3. The Yellow Wallpaper - Wikipedia

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    1892. " The Yellow Wallpaper " (original title: " The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story ") is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. [1] It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards mental and ...

  4. Dubliners - Wikipedia

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    Dubliners. Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. [1] It presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose ...

  5. The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway - Wikipedia

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    The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigía Edition, is a posthumous collection of Ernest Hemingway 's (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) short fiction, published in 1987. It contains the classic First Forty-Nine Stories as well as 21 other stories and a foreword by his sons. Only a small handful of stories published during ...

  6. The Dead (Joyce short story) - Wikipedia

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    Chronology. Grace. —. " The Dead " is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. It is by far the longest story in the collection and, at 15,952 words, is almost long enough to be described as a novella. The story deals with themes of love and loss, as well as raising questions about the nature of the Irish identity.

  7. List of science fiction short stories - Wikipedia

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    Robert A. Heinlein. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. 1957. The Message (short story) Isaac Asimov. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. 1956. The Million Cities. J. T. McIntosh.

  8. History of literature - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces. Not all writings constitute literature.

  9. Irish short story - Wikipedia

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    Origins. It is possible that the Irish short story evolved naturally from the ancient tradition of oral storytelling in Ireland. The written word has been cultivated in Ireland since the introduction of the Roman alphabet by the Christian missionaries in the fifth century. But oral storytelling continued independently up to the twentieth ...

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