short story
Americannoun
noun
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- short-story adjective
Etymology
Origin of short story
First recorded in 1885–90
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One gets the sense that Miriam’s inner darkness is inseparable from her brilliance, like Georgiana’s birthmark in Hawthorne’s early short story.
This is as it ought to be with short stories, which have to make their points in a relative hurry.
From Los Angeles Times
While Jones had Toni Morrison’s short story “Recitatif” in mind while writing “Kin,” her take on the subject is singular.
From Los Angeles Times
Sam A. Davis didn’t exactly love Ivan Turgenev’s short story “The Singers,” at first — “honestly, I nodded off a couple times,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times
She produced several short stories, including “Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding,” which explores the dynamics within marriage.
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