novelette
a brief novel or long short story.
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How to use novelette in a sentence
The Tall T, from a Leonard novelette, starred Randolph Scott and Richard Boone.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd her old aunt is a regular tartar; I dont suppose there ever was such a typical female guardian outside a penny novelette.
The Romance of His Life | Mary CholmondeleyAs a parody of how some quite accomplished but unsympathetic pianist performed the novelette it was beyond all praise.
Arundel | Edward Frederic BensonMr. McClure tried to beguile her into writing him a “novelette,” or a “romance of Bible times,” but Mrs. Ward was not to be moved.
The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward | Janet Penrose TrevelyanI dream of a novel, or a novelette, to be constructed upon totally novel principles; but the outlook is not encouraging.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 | Elizabeth Bisland
Before completing it I expect to publish a novelette, which will be dedicated to you,—if I think it worthy of you.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 | Elizabeth Bisland
British Dictionary definitions for novelette
/ (ˌnɒvəˈlɛt) /
an extended prose narrative story or short novel
a novel that is regarded as being slight, trivial, or sentimental
a short piece of lyrical music, esp one for the piano
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