plural novellas or novelle
nō-ˈve-lē 
1
plural novelle
: a story with a compact and pointed plot
2
plural novellas
: a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel
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pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works
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Martin also pointed to how his previous work in character perspective — multiple in the Game of Thrones books — also shaped the novellas.
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
The pic, adapted from Denis Johnson’s 2002 short story (later published as a novella) of the same name, was acquired by the streamer after its Sundance Film Festival debut, and just played TIFF.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
In some ways, that question is secondary to the fact that Lot 49 grapples with the nature of symbology itself, and the way that symbols work in literature, which contributed to the novella as good syllabus fodder.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Featuring illustrations by Sophie Blackall, the novella wraps up the trilogy that DiCamillo largely wrote during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
The pic, adapted from Denis Johnson’s 2002 short story (later published as a novella) of the same name, was acquired by the streamer after its Sundance Film Festival debut, and just played TIFF.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
In some ways, that question is secondary to the fact that Lot 49 grapples with the nature of symbology itself, and the way that symbols work in literature, which contributed to the novella as good syllabus fodder.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Featuring illustrations by Sophie Blackall, the novella wraps up the trilogy that DiCamillo largely wrote during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for novella
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novella
noun
no·vel·la
nō-ˈvel-ə
: a work of fiction falling between a short story and a novel in length and complexity
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