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short story

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short story
n.
A short piece of prose fiction, having few characters and aiming at unity of effect.

short story
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a prose narrative of shorter length than the novel, esp one that concentrates on a single theme
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Noun1.short story - a prose narrative shorter than a novel
story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
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short story nracconto, novella
short story nracconto, novella

short story قصة قصيرة povídka novelle Kurzgeschichte διήγημα cuento novelli nouvelle kratka priča racconto 短篇小説 단편 소설 kort verhaal novelle opowiadanie conto рассказ novell เรื่องสั้น kısa öykü truyện ngắn 短篇小说


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It is the first short story I ever wrote and marks, in a manner of speaking, the end of my first phase, the Malayan phase with its special subject and its verbal suggestions.
As this observation is pretty deep, I will illustrate it by the following short story.
I've done a good deal of short story writing for the magazines, but I've never had the leisure that seems to be necessary for the writing of a book.
 
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