The short story in the Late Qing Time was an interim pattern but it embodied the characteristic of modern short story.

清末民初的短篇小说是古代小说向现代小说的过渡形态，但在体式上已经体现出现代小说的特点。

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His new show "Colin Quinn Unconstitutional, " which opens Thursday at The Barrow Street Theatre comes three years after he traced the rise of civilization from the ancient Greeks and Romans to modern India, Africa and Europe in his Broadway show called "Long Story Short, " which pal Jerry Seinfeld directed.

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