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divide in periodicals

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invention of paper making machines

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"Wildgoose Lodge" by William Carleton and "The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Shelley are published

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10 mil copies of penny magazine sold (success with short stories)

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"The Bloomsbury Christening" by Charles Dickens is published

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Dickens releases "Pickwick Papers" in multiple parts

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Dickens writes a plethora of short pieces (genre transition)

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The first installment of "Our Society at Cranford" by Elizabeth Gaskell was published.

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"The dialogue of the mind with itself has commenced" - Matthew Arnold

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"The Great Cranford Panic" by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Most novels were serialized in weekly or monthly magazines by this time.

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Anthony Trollope writes short stories centered around women

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rise of the short story

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Emergence of "naturalist" writers

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education act (literacy improves)

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Wood engravings turning into photogravure

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"High" and "popular" literary culture develops, people think short stories may not be a "good thing for 'Literature' or for 'Art'"

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"Halftone printing" replaces hand drawn art

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"Short story" used for the first time

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Emergence of Aesthetic movement

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more variety (in short stories?)

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The short story encompasses wide range of topics. Feminist issues, daily life, detective fictions, non-fiction pros

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decline of the novel

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A 97 percent literacy rate was reached by this point.

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Victorian era ends

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"Decay of the Short Story" article by Edwin Pugh

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short story "declines due to war time paper shortages"