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  2. Flash fiction - Wikipedia

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    In the 1920s flash fiction was referred to as the "short short story" and was associated with Cosmopolitan magazine, and in the 1930s, collected in anthologies such as The American Short Short Story. [8] Somerset Maugham was a notable proponent, with his Cosmopolitans: Very Short Stories (1936) being an early collection.

  3. A Very Short Story - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Hemingway's relationship with Agnes von Kurowsky was the basis for this story. "A Very Short Story" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway.It was first published as a vignette, or chapter, in the 1924 Paris edition titled In Our Time, and later rewritten and added to Hemingway's first American short story collection In Our Time, published by Boni & Liveright in 1925.

  4. List of Very Short Introductions books - Wikipedia

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    The Short Story: Andrew Kahn: 9 December 2021: Literature 689: Pakistan: Pippa Virdee: 25 November 2021: geography 690: American poetry: David Caplan: 25 November 2021: Literature 691: Philosophy of mind: Barbara Gail Montero: 6 January 2022: philosophy 692: The History of Political Thought: Richard Whatmore: 25 November 2021: politics 693 ...

  5. For sale: baby shoes, never worn - Wikipedia

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    By 1921, the story was already being parodied: the July issue of Judge that year published a version that used a baby carriage instead of shoes; there, however, the narrator described contacting the seller to offer condolences, only to be told that the sale was due to the birth of twins rather than of a single child.

  6. In Our Time (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    This state of denial continues in "The Battler", the fifth story; when faced with violence Nick will not recognize that he is in danger. [58] "A Very Short Story", about betrayal, and wounding, ends the sequence according to Tetlow, who suggests these are stories in which Hemingway writes about the "most bitter feelings of loss and ...

  7. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings - Wikipedia

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    "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" (Spanish: Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes) and subtitled "A Tale for Children" is a short story by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. The tale was written in 1968 [ 1 ] and published in the May–June 1968 (VIII, 48) issue of the journal Casa de las Américas [ es ] . [ 2 ]

  8. Big Two-Hearted River - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Hemingway in 1923, two years before the publication of "Big Two-Hearted River" "Big Two-Hearted River" is a two-part short story written by American author Ernest Hemingway, published in the 1925 Boni & Liveright edition of In Our Time, the first American volume of Hemingway's short stories.

  9. List of narrative forms - Wikipedia

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    Epic – a very long narrative poem, often written about a hero or heroine and their exploits. Epic poem – a lengthy story of heroic exploits in the form of a poem. Essay - a short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point; Fable – a didactic story, often using animal characters who behave like people.