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Story within a story

A story within a story, also referred to as an embedded narrative, is a narrative device in which a character within a story becomes the narrator of a second story. Multiple layers of stories within stories are sometimes called nested stories. A play may include a brief play within it, as in Shakespeare's Hamlet (a "play within a play"); a film may show…

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Frame stories and anthology works

Frame storyIndian literatureTale of the Shipwrecked SailorIndian epicsRamayana
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Examples of nested stories by type

Historical novelPharaohBolesław PrusVignettesAncient Egyptian
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Fractal fiction

Droste effectFractalsMichael EndeThe Neverending StoryThe Sandman: Worlds' End
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From story within a story to separate story

Spin-offHomestuckAndrew HussieSweet Bro and Hella JeffToy Story
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Frame stories and anthology works

Examples of nested stories by type

Fantasy within realism

Fractal fiction

From story within a story to separate story

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Story within a story

Nodes555
Edges554
Triples42
Avg. degree2
Density0.003604
Components1

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Story within a story

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related to Fantasy within realism · 26
Story within a story → Alice, Amazons, Arthur Ransome, Betty Aberlin, Bruno, Carroll's, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, David Newell, Great Northern, In, Lady Aberlin, Lewis Carroll's, Make-Believe, McFeely, Missee Lee, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Mr, Neighborhood, Oz, Peter Duck
related to From story within a story to separate story · 9
Story within a story → Andrew Hussie, Dave Strider, Hella Jeff, In Homestuck, It, Occasionally, Such, Sweet Bro, This

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Breakfast of Championsinstance ofBooks0.80text
God Bless Youinstance ofBooks0.80text
Mrinstance ofBooks0.80text
an invented romanceinstance ofincluding tropes0.80text
a car chaseinstance ofincluding tropes0.80text
a drug-running sequenceinstance ofincluding tropes0.80text
and an imaginary identical twin for the protagonistinstance ofincluding tropes0.80text
Story within a storyrelated to Fantasy within realismStories0.60section
Story within a storyrelated to Fantasy within realismArthur Ransome0.60section
Story within a storyrelated to Fantasy within realismSwallows0.60section
Story within a storyrelated to Fantasy within realismAmazons0.60section
Story within a storyrelated to Fantasy within realismPeter Duck0.60section

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