novelette
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- noun
- /ˌnɑːvəˈlɛt/
- Literature
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noveleta
- Earlier this week, I finally finished the second of my romance novelettes (under a pen name) and put it up on Smashwords and Amazon.
- novelette and novella
- novelettes and stories
I'm going to write a little novelette, but it is the last novel.
- I'm going to write a little novelette, but it is the last novel.
Examples
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I published a 12K-word novelette to KDP and went back to my novels.
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I still have trouble believing Courtship is only a novelette; it feels like there was enough material in there for a novella or even an entire novel.
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I also read Beyond Between, a novelette in an anthology, and it only reinforced my opinion.
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I've had mixed feelings about the recent issues of The Future Fire, but this novelette is one of the best things I've read all year.
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She imagined her perfect mate like the hero of a Victorian novelette, a successful physician of humble origins, inner strength, and virtue.
Academic text (1994) -
Then, when paperbacks came on the scene, many of the first published books were naturally collections of short stories and novelettes created for pulp magazines.
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The novelette was inspired by my favorite Surrealist artists, Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo.
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Dr. Levinson is also well-known for his novelettes featuring NYC forensic detective Dr. Phil D'Amato.
Fiction book (1999) -
His series of four novelettes for Analog and Artemis tells the story of an InterstellarNet, where interspecies dealings are radio-based.
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The author decided to publish her novelette after receiving positive feedback from her writing group.
Synonyms
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A short fiction book longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
A short, light work of fiction longer than a short story
A short book of fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
How Long
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Novelette comes from the word novel and the French ending -ette. Because novel comes from a word meaning 'new' and -ette means 'small', a novelette is a 'little novel' that is longer than a short story but shorter than a full novel.