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novelette

noun

ˌnä-və-ˈlet

Definition of novelette

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 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

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Based on his 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, Barker wrote and directed the first Hellraiser movie the following year, introducing audiences to Pinhead (Doug Bradley) and his Cenobites.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2026
Late Fame was adapted faithfully from the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler’s late nineteenth-century novella, itself a recent recovery, but the transposition to the present functions only up until this point.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of novella

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Wildwood is a dark tale, with whispers of a witch, set against the beautiful yet formidable backdrop of rural New England.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
The tale is energized by the thoughtful performances of Hanns Zischler, as Mann, and Sandra Hüller, as the author’s daughter Erika, who accompanies him while reviving conflicts from her own past.

— Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

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