novella

Word family nounnoveldomnovelesenovelettenovelettistnovelismnovelistnovelizationnovelizernovellanoveltyadjectivenovelettishnovelishnovelisticnovelverbnovelize

Related topics: Literature

no·vel·la /nəʊˈvelə $ noʊ-/ noun [countableC]

ALa story that is shorter than a novel, but longer than a short story 中篇小说

Examples from the Corpus

novella• I found it boring, self-conscious and a good deal sketchier than the Balzac novella on which it's based.• Saul Bellow's new novella, his second in six months, is a mean 100 pages.• Martha had just singled out a passage in Kara's novella that she said she found particularly meaningful.• What would make a sleek novella expands into a loose, overblown novel.

Origin novella

(1900-2000) Italian storia novella “new story”, from novello “new”, from Latin novellus; → NOVEL2

词汇	novella
释义	novella Word family nounnoveldomnovelesenovelettenovelettistnovelismnovelistnovelizationnovelizernovellanoveltyadjectivenovelettishnovelishnovelisticnovelverbnovelize Related topics: Literature no·vel·la /nəʊˈvelə $ noʊ-/ noun [countableC] ALa story that is shorter than a novel, but longer than a short story 中篇小说 Examples from the Corpus novella• I found it boring, self-conscious and a good deal sketchier than the Balzac novella on which it's based.• Saul Bellow's new novella, his second in six months, is a mean 100 pages.• Martha had just singled out a passage in Kara's novella that she said she found particularly meaningful.• What would make a sleek novella expands into a loose, overblown novel. Origin novella (1900-2000) Italian storia novella “new story”, from novello “new”, from Latin novellus; → NOVEL2
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