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
Examples of novella in a Sentence
pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works
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Middle Rock is a particular flavor of Jewish: bourgeois rather than bookish; less Upper West Side, more Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth’s scathing novella about wealthy suburban Jews in New Jersey.
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Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
In fact, Ervin’s life story on the site — helped along with interviews, military records, family photographs, newspaper clippings and more — is as detailed as a novella, stretching back to describe the history of Ervin’s parents as well as his own backstory.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 6 July 2024
As both novella and piece of theater, its miracle lies in its alchemy of light and dark — of pain and poetry, silliness and grandeur, wonder and uncertainty, woman and man and the whole expansiveness of the human soul that can’t quite be described by either word, by any simple duality.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024
His novella was originally published in 2003 as part of a collection of stories.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 23 June 2024
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Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
In fact, Ervin’s life story on the site — helped along with interviews, military records, family photographs, newspaper clippings and more — is as detailed as a novella, stretching back to describe the history of Ervin’s parents as well as his own backstory.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 6 July 2024
As both novella and piece of theater, its miracle lies in its alchemy of light and dark — of pain and poetry, silliness and grandeur, wonder and uncertainty, woman and man and the whole expansiveness of the human soul that can’t quite be described by either word, by any simple duality.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024
His novella was originally published in 2003 as part of a collection of stories.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 23 June 2024
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novella
noun
no·vel·la
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: a work of fiction falling between a short story and a novel in length and complexity
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