A Very Short Story

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"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
author Ernest Hemingway
collection In Our Time
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPublicationForm magazine publication
genre modernist fiction
war fiction
hasAuthorNationality American
hasCriticalReception often studied in Hemingway scholarship
hasInfluenceOn 20th-century short story form
includedIn 1925 edition of In Our Time
language English
literaryMovement modernism
linked to: Modernism
literaryTechnique iceberg theory
minimalist dialogue
understatement
medium print
narrativeStyle third-person narration
notableFeature concise prose style
emotional understatement
protagonistCharacteristic American soldier
settingPeriod World War I
subjectOf literary criticism on Hemingway’s war stories
theme betrayal
disillusionment
loss
love
the impact of war on relationships
war

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In Our Time hasPart A Very Short Story
Nick Adams appearsIn A Very Short Story