Oct 3, 2025 · Short story, brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters. The short story is usually concerned with a single effect …

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Another early form was the fabliau, a short tale that was usually comic and sometimes vulgar. The best-known fabliau is Roman de Renart (Reynard the Fox), an epic featuring animal …

In 1937 Ellison began contributing short stories, reviews, and essays to periodicals. After service in World War II Ellison wrote Invisible Man, which won the 1953 National Book Award for fiction.

Kelly published Lalani of the Distant Sea, a fantasy book based on Filipino folklore, in 2019. The story follows a girl who undertakes a journey to a magical island in order to save her mother …

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American short-story writer and novelist famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age (the 1920s). His most brilliant work, The Great Gatsby (1925), has been called …

Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (born Jan. 3, 1893, Paris, France—died March 16, 1945, Paris) was a French writer of novels, short stories, and political essays whose life and works illustrate the …

Oct 3, 2025 · Edgar Allan Poe (born January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 7, 1849, Baltimore, Maryland) was an American short-story writer, poet, critic, and …

La Celestina, Spanish dialogue novel, generally considered the first masterpiece of Spanish prose and the greatest and most influential work of the early Renaissance in Spain. Originally …

The junction of the Red and the Mississippi is a short channel called Old River, which also connects the Mississippi with the Atchafalaya. Much of southwestern Louisiana is drained by …