as in tale
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works
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Recent Examples of novella
Fosse’s novella illuminates what can create meaning in anyone’s life.
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Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 6 July 2025
Indeed, those who order the $10.50 sandwich at Sunoco receive a hearty 6-to-8-ounce pork loin, sliced in-house and tenderized to roughly the length and width of a Nerf football and about as thick as a Steinbeck novella.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Directed by Bart Layton and based on a Don Winslow novella, the pic also stars Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nick Nolte, as well as Halle Berry.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
One half is a work of fiction, a novella about two friends, Edie and Marie, who meet in Marie’s apartment to discuss their recent breakups: Edie has left a controlling man, and Marie’s wife has filed for divorce.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 6 July 2025
Indeed, those who order the $10.50 sandwich at Sunoco receive a hearty 6-to-8-ounce pork loin, sliced in-house and tenderized to roughly the length and width of a Nerf football and about as thick as a Steinbeck novella.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Directed by Bart Layton and based on a Don Winslow novella, the pic also stars Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nick Nolte, as well as Halle Berry.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
One half is a work of fiction, a novella about two friends, Edie and Marie, who meet in Marie’s apartment to discuss their recent breakups: Edie has left a controlling man, and Marie’s wife has filed for divorce.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novella
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The two met in secret, and some versions of the story suggest their love lives on only in death, much like the Western tale of Romeo and Juliet.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Aug. 2025
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With all due respect to the pressures of making an unconventional sci-fi film on a tight budget, using ecologically destructive technology for a story of ecological devastation, in which clean water is an increasingly rare resource, adds an unintentionally grim layer of irony to the tale.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
11 Aug. 2025
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Share stories of lateral moves in company updates—not as policy footnotes but as real growth journeys.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Novella.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novella. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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