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单词 novella
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Definition of novella in English:

novella

noun nəˈvɛlənəˈvɛlə
  • A short novel or long short story.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her novels, therefore, can best be described as long short stories or novellas.
    • He published fourteen novels, sixteen plays, 402 short stories and three novellas.
    • His opera Mario and the Magician, based on a novella by Thomas Mann, was given its premiere by the Canadian Opera Company in 1992.
    • It was a completed something, not quite a novel, but not really a novella either.
    • The ghost story genre may be broadly defined as comprising short stories or, less commonly, novels or novellas which have as their central theme the power of the dead to return and confront the living.
    • I mean that in a good way, for the most part: I really like being able to buy individual short stories or novellas as well as entire collections of shorter work.
    • He has since written short stories, a novella, novels and even a thriller set in the Pacific.
    • Five-paragraph essays aren't like term papers, which aren't like journals, which aren't like research papers, which aren't like short stories, which aren't like novellas.
    • Some of the recognized sub-genres of fiction include novels, short stories and novellas.
    • Whilst in Bulgaria, he has written four novels, three novellas, many short stories and has also found time to write a weekly arts review for The Sofia Echo.
    • Asher has previously published four other works, two novellas and two short story collections, Gridlinked is his first full length novel.
    • The result is eight short stories and a novella, all set in the Caribbean where he was the Chicago Tribune's correspondent for seven years.
    • Between 1933 and 1939, he produced fifty-four short stories and twenty novels / novellas in serialized form under such pen names as Samuel I.
    • I thought I'd published one novella and three short stories last year.
    • In fact, the novellas in Publish and Perish were supposed to be short stories.
    • In the last 25 years, he's published more than three dozen short stories, as well as a dozen novellas and novels.
    • Few writers move so effortlessly from the gothic tale to the psychological thriller to the epic family saga to the lyrical novella.
    • Pirandello excelled, too, in the art of writing novellas, and put together a great number of short stories, often using themes and ideas from them in adaptations which later supplied plots for longer dramatic works.
    • With 24 novels, various novellas, articles, short stories, non fiction books and countless credits under his belt, it might be strange to find such a celebrated author finding solace in the North West of Ireland.
    • This is a very short book - a novella really - which is all about books, and the extent to which they can dominate the bibliophile's life.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Italian, 'novel'.

Rhymes

a cappella, Arabella, Bella, bestseller, Capella, cellar, Cinderella, citronella, Clarabella, corella, Daniela, Della, dispeller, dweller, Ella, expeller, favela, fella, fellah, feller, Fenella, Floella, foreteller, Heller, impeller, interstellar, Keller, Louella, Mandela, mortadella, mozzarella, Nigella, paella, panatella, patella, predella, propeller, queller, quinella, repeller, rosella, rubella, salmonella, Santiago de Compostela, seller, smeller, speller, Stella, stellar, tarantella, teller, umbrella, Viyella
 
 

Definition of novella in US English:

novella

nounnəˈvɛlənəˈvelə
  • A short novel or long short story.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Asher has previously published four other works, two novellas and two short story collections, Gridlinked is his first full length novel.
    • I mean that in a good way, for the most part: I really like being able to buy individual short stories or novellas as well as entire collections of shorter work.
    • He has since written short stories, a novella, novels and even a thriller set in the Pacific.
    • I thought I'd published one novella and three short stories last year.
    • His opera Mario and the Magician, based on a novella by Thomas Mann, was given its premiere by the Canadian Opera Company in 1992.
    • Five-paragraph essays aren't like term papers, which aren't like journals, which aren't like research papers, which aren't like short stories, which aren't like novellas.
    • In fact, the novellas in Publish and Perish were supposed to be short stories.
    • Pirandello excelled, too, in the art of writing novellas, and put together a great number of short stories, often using themes and ideas from them in adaptations which later supplied plots for longer dramatic works.
    • It was a completed something, not quite a novel, but not really a novella either.
    • Her novels, therefore, can best be described as long short stories or novellas.
    • Whilst in Bulgaria, he has written four novels, three novellas, many short stories and has also found time to write a weekly arts review for The Sofia Echo.
    • With 24 novels, various novellas, articles, short stories, non fiction books and countless credits under his belt, it might be strange to find such a celebrated author finding solace in the North West of Ireland.
    • The ghost story genre may be broadly defined as comprising short stories or, less commonly, novels or novellas which have as their central theme the power of the dead to return and confront the living.
    • Few writers move so effortlessly from the gothic tale to the psychological thriller to the epic family saga to the lyrical novella.
    • The result is eight short stories and a novella, all set in the Caribbean where he was the Chicago Tribune's correspondent for seven years.
    • Some of the recognized sub-genres of fiction include novels, short stories and novellas.
    • Between 1933 and 1939, he produced fifty-four short stories and twenty novels / novellas in serialized form under such pen names as Samuel I.
    • This is a very short book - a novella really - which is all about books, and the extent to which they can dominate the bibliophile's life.
    • In the last 25 years, he's published more than three dozen short stories, as well as a dozen novellas and novels.
    • He published fourteen novels, sixteen plays, 402 short stories and three novellas.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Italian, ‘novel’.

 
 
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