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novella
[ noh-vel-uh ]
noun
- a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
- a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel.
novella
/ əʊˈɛə /
noun
- (formerly) a short narrative tale, esp a popular story having a moral or satirical point, such as those in Boccaccio's Decameron
- a short novel; novelette
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Sir Salman said the book is made up of three novellas - short stories - all of which were written in the last 12 months.
“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?
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