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no·vel·la

 (nō-vĕl′ə)
n. pl. no·vel·las or no·vel·le (-vĕl′ē, -vĕl′ā)
1. A short prose tale often characterized by moral teaching or satire.
2. A short novel.

[Italian; see novel1.]
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novella

(nəʊˈvɛlə)
n, pl -las or -le (-leɪ)
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (formerly) a short narrative tale, esp a popular story having a moral or satirical point, such as those in Boccaccio's Decameron
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a short novel; novelette
[C20: from Italian; see novel1]
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no•vel•la

(noʊˈvɛl ə)

n., pl. -vel•las for 2, -vel•le (-ˈvɛl i, -ˈvɛl eɪ) for 1.
1. a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel.
2. a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
[1900–05; < Italian; see novel1]
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novella

A short narrative tale that is longer than a short story, often one with a moral or satirical point.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.novella - a short novel
novel - an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
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Translations

novella

[nəʊˈvelə] N (novellas or novelle (pl)) [nəʊˈveleɪ]novela f corta
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novella

[nəʊˈvɛlə] nroman m court
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novella

nNovelle f
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References in classic literature ?
First appeared a series of collections of short tales chiefly translated from Italian authors, to which tales the Italian name 'novella' (novel) was applied.
The first novella in Zero Books new series of 'Thought Experiment Novellas', "Coming From Nothing" works out philosophical arguments in it's plot.
Asymmetry, Whiting Award winner Lisa Halliday's debut, is a pair of novellas with a unique narrative shift.
Kathy Moffet's long anticipated anthology of popular prose poems and engaging short-short stories have finally been gathered in anthology form and published for Christmas by Stellar Novellas, Stellar Scholars' own book line.
Part of the military's willingness to tolerate TV Globo's new leftist writers was a shared vision of a modern, rapidly growing, more inclusive but capitalist Brazil, which was the military's ultimate goal, arguably more important than censoring political comments in novellas (Ribke, 2011).
Ms Oates has published over 50 novels alone, plus numerous collections of short stories and novellas for young adults, which together with her plays, totals well over 100 works in all.
In his prequel to the Endgame series, Frey brings together his novellas Origins, Descendant, and Existence into one collection.
In the mid-20th century, Robert van Gulik wrote 15 historical detective novels, as well as novellas and short stories, about Judge Dee, which were set in ChinaAEs Tang Dynasty.
These two novellas will be of particular interest to fans of old horror movies, but the writing is so good that it goes beyond genres.
This is the first comprehensive study of gynocentrism in Zayas' novellas in terms of Gyn/affection (from Janice Raymond's A Passion for Friends: Toward a Philosophy of Female Affection; London, 1986), the notion that women's friendships are dynamic, empowering, and transformative, in contrast with patriarchal "hetero-relations." O'Brien (hereinafter O) synthesizes scholarly work, and integrates an array of feminist theory, using Genette's terms for the interplay among the various narrative levels in both the Novelas amorosas y ejemplares (1637, possibly composed as early as 1626; hereinafter NAE) and the Desenganos amorosos (1647; hereinafter DA).
Headline Publishing Group announced on Thursday that it will be publishing a new series of digital novellas written by author Simon Scarrow.
The study reported significant community participation in creating, broad-casting and evaluating the novellas. The effort's desired outcome--developing a culturally relevant intervention that resonates with Hispanic residents was achieved, according to the study.