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novellas

  • plural
    of novella.
    novella
    noun
    a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.

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The novellas are composed of nested stories inspired by Scheherazade’s tales in “One Thousand and One Nights.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Martin’s Dunk and Egg novellas also questions whether those who inherit rulership deserve that duty, reflecting their cravenness in shining gleam of its heroes’ virtue.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

Martin novellas set in the same world as his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

Another spin-off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, adapted from a series of novellas written by Martin, launched last month.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

According to www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1910/press.html, Andrea Delfin, written in 1859, is part of a series of novellas, which Paul Heyse had published between 1855 and 1862 in four volumes.

From Andrea Delfin by Michael Pullen