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novella
(noʊvelə)
Word forms: plural novellas
countable noun
A novella is a short novel or a long short story.
...an autobiographical novella from French writer Marguerite Duras. [+ from]
novella in British English
(nəʊˈvɛlə)
nounWord forms: plural -las or -le (-leɪ)
1.
(formerly) a short narrative tale, esp a popular story having a moral or satirical point, such as those in Boccaccio's Decameron
2.
a short novel
Word origin
C20: from Italian; see novel1novella in American English
(noʊˈvɛlə)
nounWord forms: plural noˈvellas or noˈvelle (noʊˈvɛli)
1.
a short prose narrative, usually with a moral and often satirical, as any of the tales in Boccaccio'sDecameron
2.
short novel
Word origin
It: see , novel nounImage ofnovella
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