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Several Irish short-story anthologies have been published since 2000 to meet the demands of the reading public, for example: the Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2005 and 2007; Irish Short Stories (2011), edited by Joseph O'Connor; Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories (2013), edited and with an introduction by Kevin Barry; The ...
Category: Short stories by genre. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Children's short stories (4 C, 41 P)
The theme of the ravening wolf and of the creature released unharmed from its belly is also reflected in the Russian tale "Peter and the Wolf" and another Grimm tale "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids", but its general theme of restoration is at least as old as the biblical story, "Jonah and the Whale". The theme also appears in the story of ...
Children's short stories are fiction stories, generally under 100 pages long, written for children. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde, first published in May 1888.It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket."
In contemporary literary studies, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative. [1] Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being "what the work says about the subject". [2] Themes are often distinguished from premises.
The story contains an example of a horrific depiction of the folklore character, the Sandman, who is traditionally said to throw sand in the eyes of children to help them fall asleep. The following excerpt is from an English translation of the story:
A short story is a piece of prose fiction.It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood.