novella
gb/noʊvˈɛlə/ us/noʊvˈɛlə/
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Short prose fiction work
A short book of fiction, longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.
Schéma d’usage :
a novella by [author]; a novella about [subject]
Erreur fréquente :
Do not use novella for any short book; it normally refers to fiction, not nonfiction.
Synonymes
short novel (A common descriptive phrase, often less precise than novella.)
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long short story (Emphasizes its length between a short story and a novel.)
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novelette (Usually means a short novella or long short story; can sound old-fashioned or genre-specific.)
Collocations
write a novella
|publish a novella
|read a novella
|a short novella
|a literary novella
|a science fiction novella
|a novella by an author
|a novella about family
|a collection of novellas
|novella form
Thèmes
literature
|books
|fiction
|writing
Exemples
- The author’s latest book is a novella about two sisters who inherit an old hotel.
- At only 120 pages, it is usually classified as a novella rather than a full-length novel.
- The class read a novella by Steinbeck before moving on to longer works of fiction.
Exemples pédagogiques
- I read a short novella on the train.
- She wrote a novella about her childhood town.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
novella
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GB/noʊvˈɛlə/
US/noʊvˈɛlə/
Syllabes et accentuation
novella (1 syllabe)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: novella
- Plural: novellas, novelle
Expressions
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