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novella

[ noh-vel-uh ]

noun

, plural no·vel·las, no·vel·le [noh-, vel, -ee, -, vel, -ey].
  1. a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
  2. a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel.


novella

/ nəʊˈvɛlə /

noun

  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; novelette
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of novella1

From Italian, dating back to 1900–05; novel 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of novella1

C20: from Italian; see novel 1
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Example Sentences

“Planet Earth III” captures the beauty of nature with visually poetic novellas that can take the behind-the-scenes artisans months to procure.

Henry Hoke’s “Open Throat” will be a mostly spoken work with shadow puppets based on the novella about a queer mountain lion living beneath the Hollywood sign.

She debuted as poet and her first novella, “My Ego, My Teeth and the World,” in 2007, and her novel “Heaven” was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize.

Who would venture out on a cold night to take in an obscure screen adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novella that you can watch at home?

But that perception began to change with this 1986 hit, an adaptation of King’s novella “The Body,” in which the most terrifying moment is a pie-eating contest that turns into a comical vomitorium.

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