Published in Paris in 1922, Joyce's 40th birthday. Divided into three books and 18 episodes. Contains stream of consciousness technique and experimental prose
Wilde wrote play for John Hare in 1893, completed first act while staying in Goring-by-Sea. Play ran 111 performances at Haymarket Theatre in 1895. Wilde was arrested for indecency, production transferred to Criterion Theatre. Published in 1899 as "By the author of Lady Windermere's Fan"
Molière's Tartuffe premiered in 1664 at Versailles' grand fêtes. King Louis XIV suppressed the play due to religious concerns. The play is written in 1,962 lines of rhyming couplets
Short stories are concise works with limited scope and characters. They aim to evoke single effects or mood through single incidents. Stories can be as few as several hundred words
John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress while imprisoned for preaching without license. Saint Mark the Evangelist wrote The Gospel of Mark, considered earliest Christian account. Jonathan Swift combined satire with social commentary in Gulliver's Travels. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau pioneered Transcendentalist movement