Telling of tales, talking, gossiping; also, a tale.

The action of telling a story or stories (in various senses of the noun).

The action or an act of narrating or recounting something; the fact of being narrated. Formerly esp. in †to make narration.

(a) n. the telling of tales, story-telling; (b) adj. that tells tales or stories.

The action or activity of telling stories, or a particular story; an instance of this.

Literary Criticism. The part of a text, esp. a work of fiction, which represents the sequence of events, as distinguished from that dealing with…

The quality or condition of being a narrative or of presenting a story.