Although short stories have grown up beside the genre of novel, it is mostly considered as a separate genre from novel. This genre has its own characteristics in literature. Its number of words is limited, it is read in one single sitting and unities are observed in it. On the other hand, novels, also belonging to the world of prose, are not limited in a sense a short story is limited. This paper looks at these two different genres and opens the different dimensions of each. It starts from the early days of short story writing and discusses the issue chronologically.

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