What is the difference between ' a short story ' and a ' novel'?

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What is the difference between ' a short story ' and a ' novel'?

2006-08-26 08:58:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education

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A short story focuses on only one situation between a few characters, whereas a novel includes many different situations between many different characters. It has been argued, for example, that Jospeh Conrad's Heart of Darkness is the longest short story ever written.

2006-08-26 09:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Length. A short story is about the length of a chapter in a novel.

2006-08-26 16:04:53 · answer #2 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A short story is shorter than a novel.

2006-08-26 16:01:04 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

about 200 pages.

2006-08-26 16:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

the novel is longer....

2006-08-26 16:02:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋