Search results for "Short story" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21,1940) was an Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer, who is ...15 KB (2,424 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- and is credited with defining the short story as a literary art form. ... juror, acting independently, chooses a short story of special interest and ...22 KB (3,541 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- of Eric the Red. With wood being in very short supply in Greenland, the ... The first area discovered by Leif, according to one story, was Helluland ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- And It and its sequels, as well as The Story of the Treasure Seekers and ... before being reprinted in book form, as The Story of the Treasure Seekers in ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- Walker also won the 1986 O. Henry Award for her short story "Kindred ... ===Novels and short story collections=== * The Third Life of Grange ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 18:21, 21 July 2023
- novel, was a tragicomedy. It recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby ... Twentieth century British novelist and short story writer, Angus Wilson ...8 KB (1,223 words) - 14:48, 21 May 2024
- and cartoons about his experience, Caught Short! A Saga of Wailing Wall Street ... had previously appeared in a number of short films and two features in ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- his seat, a long and complicated comical story. The story is narrated as ... into a long and complicated comical story. Performances are generally ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- The saga has been interpreted as the story of a man who arrives at the ... The saga tells the story of the Norwegian man Hallfreðr, who becomes ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- to earn a precarious living by writing short stories for the Chicago Tribune ... aware of the financial rewards of writing short stories for the press, he ...9 KB (1,444 words) - 16:36, 20 May 2024
- deaths together down a waterfall in the story, "The Final Problem ... His work on this topic was one of the reasons that one of his short ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 11:09, 16 August 2023
- Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer, and satirist, today best known ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 02:48, 24 July 2023
- However, like most folklore, the story as well as Tell's own ... and in the first theater adaptation of the story, the Tellenspiel from 1512 ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- defines myth as "A traditional story, typically involving supernatural ... covenant with Noah (Genesis 9); or the story of Lot's wife in Genesis ...11 KB (1,616 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- In 1905, Geronimo agreed to tell his story to S. M. Barrett, superintendent ... the church has helped me much during the short time I have been a member ...9 KB (1,383 words) - 18:20, 21 May 2024
- mature works include twelve novels, two short story collections, plays, and ... as a writer, publishing The Aunt's Story and The Tree of Man, which ...13 KB (2,140 words) - 16:45, 21 November 2022
- but she only published two novels and a few short stories. Though her literary ... In 1930, Larsen published Sanctuary, a short story that caused her ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- Gideon was one of the more significant judges whose story is recorded ... The story of Gideon begins with a prologue detailing the oppression ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- John Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 04:43, 3 August 2022
- everything, off great serves, off tricky short balls, off low volleys. He ... and a 79-5 record. Because he had fallen short of the Grand Slam, he delayed ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 22:18, 25 October 2022
