Question

According to author Edgar Allen Poe, why did the short story become so viable in America?

because authors could make money selling short stories to magazines
because authors were looking for a new way to write fiction
because authors were bored with writing essays

Answer 1

Authors were bored with writing essay's.

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Answer 2

Essentially 3. He stated that readers minds would "require a change of diet" and that stories should be read in one sitting to "capture the essence" of it.