Thesaurus results for NOVELETTE

novelette

noun

ˌnä-və-ˈlet

as in novella

a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel bought a collection of his novels and novelettes

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Recent Examples of novelette Alfred Hitchcock turned one of Woolrich’s novelettes into Rear Window, for which Woolrich was paid the grand sum of $650. —

Sam Kashner, Air Mail, 12 Apr. 2025 What began as an audio-only novelette (drawing on el-Mohtar’s own experience with the harp) has transformed into a novella with illustrations: In the town of Thistleford, Hawthorn sisters Esther and Ysabel raise their voices together to sing about everything from adventure to sadness. —

Natalie Zutter january 2, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2025 The next year, Hao Jingfang became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo, for her novelette Folding Beijing. —

Yi-Ling Liu, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021 Flash fiction, short stories, and novelettes don’t usually get the same amount of attention as their longer counterparts, which is a shame. —

Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 15 Nov. 2018 Graphic novelettes issued by the U.S. Army Cyber Institute aim to educate soldiers about digital threats Stephen Cass 23 Mar 2018 3 min read Stephen Cass is the special projects editor at IEEE Spectrum. —

IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2018

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Can wrote her first novella, Yellow Mud Street (1987), at her sewing machine in between taking care of customers.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Kent has also written the screenplay which is adapted from a 1973 science fiction novella by American writer James Tiptree, Jr (real name Alice B Sheldon).

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2026