novelette
[nov-uh-let]
- a brief novel or long short story.
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Origin of novelette
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story, yarn, fiction, tale, narrative, prose, paperback, novella, romance, novelette, potboiler, cliff-hanger, accountExamples from the Web for novelette
Contemporary Examples
The Tall T, from a Leonard novelette, starred Randolph Scott and Richard Boone.
Historical Examples
His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that.
Changing WindsSt. John G. Ervine
She was seen to take a book from a stall, place it in a novelette, and walk away.
The Book-Hunter in LondonWilliam Roberts
They are all of thin value, and the "Novelette" is dangerously Schumannesque.
Contemporary American ComposersRupert Hughes
The second attempt, in form of a novelette, is nearly ready.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1Elizabeth Bisland
You will be glad to hear my novelette has been purchased by the Magazine.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1Elizabeth Bisland
novelette
- 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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