novella
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5.3
- noun
- /nəˈvɛlə/
- Literature
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novela corta
- One of them even called it a novella instead of a short story.
- write a novella
- set of novellas
And she says the first novella, The Finder, is the prequel, right?
- And she says the first novella, The Finder, is the prequel, right?
- So what I did was while that editor, while that second editor was working on it, I wrote a novella that was prequel.
- But this is The Test by Silvia Nevelle, which is a short novella about it gave me some strong vibes of like Black Mirror.
- I'm gonna work on that though, baby, get that novella money.
- There's also a novella that he is in where he is just so funny.
- About to get into some novella.
Examples
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Balzac first published his novella in the summer of 1831 in a juste milieu art journal, L'Artiste.
Academic text (2000) -
Although interpretations of the novella are numerous and diverse, many critics agree upon its theme of redemption.
Academic text (2005) -
A couple of years ago, I wrote a novella for one of my friends.
Blog text (13) -
What if I wanna write a novella?
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It's like a whole theory of short fiction, and of the novella, you know?
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The setting of the novella is a city of death which Christian enters as he begins to die.
Fiction book (2002) -
I finished my novella, put it in a drawer, and began composing letters to colleges.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mike Resnick told me he planned to write a novella that would be perfect for F&SF.
Fiction book (1994) -
James Patrick Riser is the author of a novella, Syndrome, from e-publisher Wild Child Publishing.
Blog text (4) -
In her latest book, she explores themes of love and loss in a captivating novella.
Synonyms
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A story that describes connected events
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A short work of fiction between a short story and 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
Etymology
The word novella comes from an Italian word novella that meant a 'new' short story and from Latin novus 'new', and it is like the English word novel. So a novella is a 'new' kind of story that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.