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The Short Story
The Short Story: A Critical Introduction | Valerie Shaw
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Throughout this text, Valerie Shaw addresses two key questions: 'What are the special satisfactions afforded by reading short stories?' and 'How are these satisfactions derived from each story's literary techniques and narrative strategies?'. She then attempts to answer these questions by drawing on stories from different periods and countries - by authors who were also great novelists, like Henry James, Flaubert, Kafka and D.H. Lawrence; by authors who specifically dedicated themselves to the art of the short story, like Kipling, Chekhov and Katherine Mansfield; by contemporary practitioners like Angela Carter and Jorge Luis Borges; and by unfairly neglected writers like Sarah Orne Jewett and Joel Chandler Harris.
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Mitch
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Love this idea!

That-Bookish-Hiker That‘s awesome! 6y
Cortg That‘s really awesome! I‘m currentlyreading my first book by him, Magpie Murders! 6y
wanderinglynn That is so cool! 6y
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tracey38 That's so cool. Wish we had things like this around here. 6y
Swe_Eva Brilliant! 6y
readordierachel What a fabulous idea! 6y
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jenreads7
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I borrowed this #Christmas short story by Rhys Bowen from Kindle Unlimited (although I know it was on sale a few days ago). It‘s a WWII story about people going through hard times and helping each other, even if some of them do this inadvertently. It was nothing to get excited about. I almost wish I‘d spent that 40 minutes reading something else.

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Ddzmini
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@ErinSueG and @CSeydel as you can see I received my #shortstoryswap package full of all this awesome short story stuff. Thank you so much it‘s all so great I can‘t wait to get into the books and use the bookmarks and other items you sent thank you again @ErinSueG 🙏 😋📖

Erinsuereads I'm glad you like it 😘😘 6y
Ddzmini No like loven‘ it 😋😍 @ErinSueG 6y
CSeydel Oh I‘m so glad it arrived!! Thanks for participating 6y
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BeansPage
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What a merfntastic box!!! Thank you so much @Elle_Skeldon ! 🤗 I absolutely love the tea (it smells delicious) and the mermaid notebook and the book stickers! And OMG yes that is a mermaid tea spoon!!!! 😍😍😍😍 I'm so excited to read the books and to add another classic to my collection! Thank you so very very much!!! ❤️🤗💕
#ShortStorySwap @CSeydel

tammysue Nice! Love that teaspoon! 💖 6y
ElleSkel I‘m so happy you like it all! I apologize for my tragic handwriting but hope you could at least decipher some of it. Happy Reading!! 6y
BeansPage @Elle_Skeldon I was able to read it with no problem. Don't worry honey 😉 thank you again for everything!!! 6y
CSeydel Nice! So thoughtful! 💗 6y
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jillannjohn
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@JulietteGF I received your #shortstoryswap package today! Can‘t wait til opening day!
@Alicia Your package went out today. Sorry for the late shipping but it should still be there by Wednesday. Hope you enjoy it!

Adventures_of_a_French_Reader Great! Hope you'll like it! 6y
Alicia @jillannjohn yay!!!! I can‘t wait for it!!! 😄💕📚 also I saw we got paired for the Bookmark swap too! My email is amerschen.perez@gmail.com if you want to email me more info about yourself! ☺️☺️ 6y
jillannjohn @Alicia I saw that! I‘ll email you some questions. 😂😂 6y
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JenlovesJT47
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I received my #shortstoryswap from @WeeziesBooks ! Can‘t wait until Wednesday!

P.S. To my match @BookNAround - I just got an email from Amazon saying your packages have been shipped. I‘m hoping they get there by Wednesday but they might not get there until Thursday. 😩 I‘m sorry!!

BookNAround No worries Jen. I have to drive 4 hours to pick my son up from camp and then 4 hours back so I don‘t know that I‘ll be home in time to get to the post office as it is. So Thursday will be perfect. 6y
WeeziesBooks Yay! 6y
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Alicia
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So pumped for my #shortstoryswap package! I had to snap a pic because I love this wrapping! It‘s going out as soon as I get more paper for my printer so I can print out my postage 😂

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catiewithac
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My #shortstoryswap box 📦 is heading out in the mail today! Keep your eyes peeled for it, lucky Litsy member! Opening date is July 11 😎 @CSeydel thanks for organizing!

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JoeStalksBeck
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So it‘s my turn in my #letswriteastory group and I‘m loving this! I love the story that @catsuit_mango and @CocoReads have started here! I‘m hoping I can get more groups together again after this! It‘s coming to you next @BookishBelle ! Can‘t wait to read all the finished products!

CocoReads It really was a lot of fun. 7y
JoeStalksBeck @CocoReads I‘m absolutely loving it! 7y
catsuit_mango I was a bit worried. Starting a story when someone else has to continue... What if you all did not like the way I went? 7y
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JoeStalksBeck @catsuit_mango well, no need to worry its working great! (edited) 7y
catsuit_mango Just read your part... Loving it too 7y
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BookHermit
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emilyhaldi This is cool!! 7y
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Sarah83
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Look @JPeterson want I found while I'm cleaning my bookshelf. Interested? 😉

JPeterson Oh! Yes! 😄 7y
JPeterson Also - I just ordered the dual language Agatha Christie today. 😍 7y
Sarah83 @JPeterson Are you at Goodreads? If you like, I would send it to you. 7y
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JPeterson You are the best! My Goodreads username is JPetersonReads. Thank you, thank you. 😊 7y
Sarah83 @JPeterson I sent you an invitation 😉 7y
JPeterson Got it! 7y
Sarah83 @JPeterson I sent you a message 😉 7y
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