50 World’s Greatest Short Stories he realises she's vastly smarter

he realises she's vastly smarter than he expected - and in a great deal more danger

and that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference

no scholarly study of it

Copper turns to his dear uncle for heart-warming wisdom

The latest entry in DK's bestselling Big Ideas series

50 World’s Greatest Short Stories he realises she's vastly smarterDating back to the early traditions of oral storytelling, the short story has evolved through the ages from myths, legends, fairy tales, fables, parables, stories in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, tales in the Panchatantra, the adventure tales of the Odyssey, biblical stories, the Norse sagas and many others. As the oriental tale and Gothic novel gained popularity in the latter half of the eighteenth century, short story began developing in Britain.