Short Fiction

3 works

3 works of Short Fiction in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Short Fiction, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 8The Arabian Nights~800AnonymousEasy·Epic·840 pagesInfluence66Popularity69MedievalShort FictionArabic
  2. 80The Canterbury Tales~1400Geoffrey ChaucerModerate·Epic·575 pagesInfluence90Popularity76MedievalShort FictionMiddle English
  3. 109The Decameron~1351Giovanni BoccaccioEasy·Epic·1,024 pagesInfluence81Popularity53MedievalShort FictionItalian