What is the difference between a short story and a novel? Thank you!

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While this might seem obvious, the basic answer is length. The link below will explain more detailed, but because a short story is shorter than a novel, there are many things that end up...
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Posted by mrerick on May 23, 2007 at 11:07 PM (Answer #1)

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Consider also that an author has chosen to the short story format over the novel format. Authors make these decisions for very specific reasons. Edgar Allen Poe, often considered the father of...
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Posted by sullymonster on May 23, 2007 at 11:47 PM (Answer #2)

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Obviously, the lenght, is the difference between a novel and a shortstory. Shortstory,is a form of fictional prose that ranges from 500-2,000 words and 50-100 pages that contain major events of a literary work. On the other hand, Novel is also a form of prose that has a range of 2,000-10,000 words. Unlike shortstory that deals with major events, it deals with the elaborate sense of a literary work containing both major and minor events that could be found in any literary work.
Posted by walefilip on April 5, 2009 at 6:59 PM (Answer #3)

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A short story is a fictional prose narrative shorter and more focussed than a novel ,usually deal with a single charecter.
A novel is a fictional prose narrative of considerable length,usually having  a plot that unfolds by actions,dilogue and thoughts of the varied charecters.
Posted by tabieric on August 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM (Answer #4)

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in novel they are many chariecer
read novej take more time
Posted by shfaq on April 15, 2010 at 5:03 AM (Answer #6)

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Often in a short story the characters are everyday people that appear to simply live in the real world. In a short story the author generally ‘cuts to the quick’ of the characters lives and ‘to the quick’ of the pain that the character is in. Minimalist prose creates not only the illusion of a ‘storyless story’ in its commitment to apparently disjointed fragments , but also of an ‘authorless story’ in its extraordinary power to articulate a different voice Writers of the minimalist short story manipulate figurative speech to present what appears to be a single event, a mere incident, a nothing-is-happening-here story that is actually an intricate figurative pattern that reflects or signifies the human condition and capacity. With this technique these writers create a mathematical relationship, a ratio, between the singular and universal, the part and the whole, the trifle and the significant. short fictions begin in the middle and end in the middle. In the syntax of their figurative design they stand synecdochically for a whole experience and metonymically for some universal knowledge. Although the minimalist short story often has an air of bleakness about it, just as often it is laced with humor—cutting, sad, understated, black, but humor nonetheless.
Posted by lil-lizard on June 7, 2011 at 6:45 PM (Answer #7)

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In many short stories are in one sitting, which means you would read it withoud having to go and have a break, and can often be read quikly. Uually short stories arn't well developed and only have one conflict. They also finish right at the climax. With  one type of view and the fisrt sentence indicates the theme and whats the story is going to be about. Hope this helped
Posted by kimberly1410 on June 14, 2011 at 9:10 PM (Answer #8)

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Edgar Allan Poe has been called the father of the modern short story. He defined the short story as a short prose narrative designed to produce a "single effect." He used the word "effect"...
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Posted by billdelaney on November 14, 2012 at 4:25 PM (Answer #9)

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   Basically, the length is the major difference. In short stories, 'consiseness' is there, but in the contrary, in novels scenes and things are well described. Usually short stories contain one setting and one plot whereas in novels there are multiples. When it comes to the no. of characters, there are a lot of characters involved in a novel, but a short story is confined to a limited number ber of characters.
   So because of the above reasons, novel takes time to finish but short story can be read at once.
Posted by sesh on November 21, 2012 at 4:49 AM (Answer #10)

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While this might seem obvious, the basic answer is length. The link below will explain more detailed, but because a short story is shorter than a novel, there are many things that end up...
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Posted by mrerick on May 23, 2007 at 11:07 PM (Answer #1)

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Consider also that an author has chosen to the short story format over the novel format. Authors make these decisions for very specific reasons. Edgar Allen Poe, often considered the father of...
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Posted by sullymonster on May 23, 2007 at 11:47 PM (Answer #2)

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Edgar Allan Poe has been called the father of the modern short story. He defined the short story as a short prose narrative designed to produce a "single effect." He used the word "effect"...
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Posted by billdelaney on November 14, 2012 at 4:25 PM (Answer #9)

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Obviously, the lenght, is the difference between a novel and a shortstory. Shortstory,is a form of fictional prose that ranges from 500-2,000 words and 50-100 pages that contain major events of a literary work. On the other hand, Novel is also a form of prose that has a range of 2,000-10,000 words. Unlike shortstory that deals with major events, it deals with the elaborate sense of a literary work containing both major and minor events that could be found in any literary work.
Posted by walefilip on April 5, 2009 at 6:59 PM (Answer #3)

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in novel they are many chariecer
read novej take more time
Posted by shfaq on April 15, 2010 at 5:03 AM (Answer #6)

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Often in a short story the characters are everyday people that appear to simply live in the real world. In a short story the author generally ‘cuts to the quick’ of the characters lives and ‘to the quick’ of the pain that the character is in. Minimalist prose creates not only the illusion of a ‘storyless story’ in its commitment to apparently disjointed fragments , but also of an ‘authorless story’ in its extraordinary power to articulate a different voice Writers of the minimalist short story manipulate figurative speech to present what appears to be a single event, a mere incident, a nothing-is-happening-here story that is actually an intricate figurative pattern that reflects or signifies the human condition and capacity. With this technique these writers create a mathematical relationship, a ratio, between the singular and universal, the part and the whole, the trifle and the significant. short fictions begin in the middle and end in the middle. In the syntax of their figurative design they stand synecdochically for a whole experience and metonymically for some universal knowledge. Although the minimalist short story often has an air of bleakness about it, just as often it is laced with humor—cutting, sad, understated, black, but humor nonetheless.
Posted by lil-lizard on June 7, 2011 at 6:45 PM (Answer #7)

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In many short stories are in one sitting, which means you would read it withoud having to go and have a break, and can often be read quikly. Uually short stories arn't well developed and only have one conflict. They also finish right at the climax. With  one type of view and the fisrt sentence indicates the theme and whats the story is going to be about. Hope this helped
Posted by kimberly1410 on June 14, 2011 at 9:10 PM (Answer #8)