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short story

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

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short story

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a prose narrative of shorter length than the novel, esp one that concentrates on a single theme

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

short′ sto′ry

a piece of prose fiction, usu. under 10,000 words.

short story

A short but complete piece of prose fiction concentrating on a single theme.

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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"

Translations

أقصوصةقصة قصيرةقِصَةٌ قَصِيرَة

povídka

novelle

novelli

kratka priča

smásaga

racconto

短篇小説

단편 소설

novell

เรื่องสั้น

kısa öykü

truyện ngắn

短篇小说

short story

n → racconto, novella

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

short story

→ قِصَةٌ قَصِيرَة 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.

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Then he tried, as an experiment, a short story, and before he broke his stride he had finished six short stories and despatched them to various magazines.

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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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As this observation is pretty deep, I will illustrate it by the following short story. Three countrymen were pursuing a Wiltshire thief through Brentford.

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Moreover he had received at breakfast a letter from the editor of a monthly magazine accepting a short story.

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When she began to call me Amy, I told her my short story, and that you had always called me Little Dorrit.

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"Speaking of stories, Diana," remarked Anne, in a significant, confidential tone, "do you know that lately I have been wondering if I could write a short story -- a story that would be good enough to be published?"

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"Alas!" exclaimed the niece at this, "may I die if my master does not want to turn knight-errant again;" to which Don Quixote replied, "A knight-errant I shall die, and let the Turk come down or go up when he likes, and in as strong force as he can, once more I say, God knows what I mean." But here the barber said, "I ask your worships to give me leave to tell a short story of something that happened in Seville, which comes so pat to the purpose just now that I should like greatly to tell it." Don Quixote gave him leave, and the rest prepared to listen, and he began thus:

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In 1706 he had written a masterly short story, 'The Apparition of Mrs.

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According to him, the project is in partnership with stakeholders in peace and education sector tagged: 'Poetry and Short Story: Youths and Peace Building in Nigeria'.

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This Saturday we would be having a mini poetry workshop facilitated by Tony as well as a session on short story writing.

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So far, I have considered him a more accomplished critic than a short story writer.