# favorite short stories

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 19, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-short-stories/852098 "2020-04-19T03:20:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-short-stories/852098/41 "2020-04-26T20:49:58Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
>
> **Bartleby, the Scrivener** is the finest short story I’ve ever read.
> 
> **The Last Question** by Isaac Asimov is probably right up there, though.

_Bartleby_ is in a dead heat with _Benito Cereno_.  
Just pipped at the post:  
_The Yellow Wallpaper_ and \* The Mezzotint\*.

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