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~800AnonymousBreezy·Epic·595 pagesInfluence67Popularity69MedievalShort FictionArabic
  2. 82The Canterbury Tales~1400Geoffrey ChaucerHard·Long·528 pagesInfluence90Popularity76MedievalShort FictionMiddle English
  3. 113The Decameron~1351Giovanni BoccaccioEasy·Epic·1,024 pagesInfluence82Popularity52MedievalShort FictionItalian