[General] Who is your favorite short story writer?
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Re: Who is your best short stories writer ?
Apologies if this is a silly question, but are you asking us to correct your two sentences, or are you actually asking us to tell you about our favourite short stories?!!
Apologies if this is a silly question, but are you asking us to correct your two sentences, or are you actually asking us to tell you about our favourite short stories?!!
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Re: Who is your best short stories writer ?
Thanks a lot for your kind replay ... and i think your question isn't silly at all.
i meant both of them ...
Thanks again for your kind replay
Thanks a lot for your kind replay ... and i think your question isn't silly at all.
i meant both of them ...
Thanks again for your kind replay
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Re: Who is your best short stories writer ?
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My favourite writer of short stories is Stephen King. However, I am currently reading a book of short stories by Rudyard Kipling and I'm really enjoying it.
The best short story I have ever read is one by Stephen King. I can't remember the title but it's about a man who regularly drives between two places. He is always trying to find shortcuts to make his journey shorter. He meets another man who comes in the car with him and the journey gets shorter and shorter, day in, day out until it's impossibly short! I realise that doesn't sound very good but, as with all Stephen King stories, it makes you use your imagination, which can be very frightening!!
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My favourite writer of short stories is Stephen King. However, I am currently reading a book of short stories by Rudyard Kipling and I'm really enjoying it.
The best short story I have ever read is one by Stephen King. I can't remember the title but it's about a man who regularly drives between two places. He is always trying to find shortcuts to make his journey shorter. He meets another man who comes in the car with him and the journey gets shorter and shorter, day in, day out until it's impossibly short! I realise that doesn't sound very good but, as with all Stephen King stories, it makes you use your imagination, which can be very frightening!!
Note - the word is "reply", not "replay".
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Re: Who is your best short stories writer ?
I am not an expert in literature, I'll write something here which may not be accurately enough:
In my opinion there are two main kinds of short stories:
1) Literature short stories
This comprises mainly the classical historical ones, written mainly by native speakers. This is a literature gender. There are many delightful short stories of this kind written in the English language. It is possible to learn as well as have a lot of fun from reading these short stories. But I guess these short stories are not appropriated for learning ESL. Most of them are complicated and demand an advanced knowledge of English.
2) Simplified short stories aimed to ESL students.
These comprise both rewritten and simplified texts and texts written specifically for English learning purposes. In my opinion in general the first ones are terrible, much of the original richness of the text is lost in the simplifying process. And for the second ones I feel there aren't many of them in the market. For the purpose of learning English I recommend short texts (not short stories) like for instance "The Book of General Ignorance" (https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...at-book-have-you-read-recently-english-6.html)
Answering your original questions:
My favorite short story writers are Machado de Assis (Portuguese) and Thomas Hardy (English).
I can't tell you which was the best short story I've ever read, I'll think about it.
I am not an expert in literature, I'll write something here which may not be accurately enough:
In my opinion there are two main kinds of short stories:
1) Literature short stories
This comprises mainly the classical historical ones, written mainly by native speakers. This is a literature gender. There are many delightful short stories of this kind written in the English language. It is possible to learn as well as have a lot of fun from reading these short stories. But I guess these short stories are not appropriated for learning ESL. Most of them are complicated and demand an advanced knowledge of English.
2) Simplified short stories aimed to ESL students.
These comprise both rewritten and simplified texts and texts written specifically for English learning purposes. In my opinion in general the first ones are terrible, much of the original richness of the text is lost in the simplifying process. And for the second ones I feel there aren't many of them in the market. For the purpose of learning English I recommend short texts (not short stories) like for instance "The Book of General Ignorance" (https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...at-book-have-you-read-recently-english-6.html)
Answering your original questions:
My favorite short story writers are Machado de Assis (Portuguese) and Thomas Hardy (English).
I can't tell you which was the best short story I've ever read, I'll think about it.
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Re: Who is your best short stories writer ?
I really like Jeffrey Archer's short stories, but they are not as short as you are looking for. (Neither are King's, I think.)
O Henry is considered a classic writer of short stories.
I really like Jeffrey Archer's short stories, but they are not as short as you are looking for. (Neither are King's, I think.)
O Henry is considered a classic writer of short stories.
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Short stories are not necessarily easy to read- they often condense a lot into a few pages, making them difficult to read.
Short stories are not necessarily easy to read- they often condense a lot into a few pages, making them difficult to read.
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When does a short story become something else?! Though I have heard of some of Stephen King's referred to as novellas, the compendia that I have bought in the past have always been described as books of short stories, usually around 8 stories in an average-sized paperback.
When does a short story become something else?! Though I have heard of some of Stephen King's referred to as novellas, the compendia that I have bought in the past have always been described as books of short stories, usually around 8 stories in an average-sized paperback.
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Liam O'Flaherty, an Irish writer, was a master of the short story in my opinion. I highly recommend this: http://openlibrary.org/b/OL22409802M/short_stories_of_Liam_O'Flaherty.
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Thanks for the recommendation bhaisahab. I'll take a look at it and probably insert it into my (long) list of books to read.
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