Though the novel and the short stort are two genres of literature, they have some similar aspects. A novel is a narrative in prose, a short story is also Written in prose.A novel's has a plot, a short story has a plot. The protagonist of a novel is the cheif attraction of the story;likewise, the plot of a short story is build around the protagonist. The novel's story contains a series of incidents related to a central situation. A short story, especially a long short-story has also incidents related to the central situation of the main plot. Environment may be the main purpose of a novel as it may also be the purpose of a short story. Novel may be classified according to their manner. On this basis, novels may be categorized as romantic,realistic, impressionist or naturalistic or stream-of-consciousness.A short story may also be of any of the above categories as romantic, realistic, impressionistic or naturally or stream-of-consciousness.A Short story may also be of any categories through on a smaller scale. The character and action and incidents are closly related with one another novel,so that they give a sense of unity. A short story also has the same unity,based on the intimate relationship between characters, incidents and action.