20th-century short stories

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, written from 1904 to 1907. First published in 1914, Dubliners presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early twentieth century.

so-called "six-word novel", often attributed to Ernest Hemingway

1932 novel by John Steinbeck

collection of short stories by O. Henry

short story by D. H. Lawrence