Thesaurus results for NOVELLA

novella

noun

nō-ˈve-lə

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 However, few Dostoevskian turncloaks are as compelling as the Underground Man, the protagonist of his 1864 novella Notes from Underground. —

Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026 The opera, and the novella it is based on, were written in French. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026 This pair of novellas is about a middle-aged woman, the heroine’s sister, who comes to Tokyo intent on obtaining breast implants and a protagonist contemplating artificial insemination in a culture that doubts the procedure’s morality. —

Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026 House of the Dragon premieres its third season this summer ahead of a fourth and likely final season in 2028, while A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on Martin's Tales of Dunk & Egg novellas, is in production on season 2 for release in 2027. —

Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for novella

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Noun

Because either McCluskie is one heck of a con man who rolled both Becerra and Williamson, making both believe what was happening was kosher with entirely different tales, or someone isn’t being entirely honest.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
The bittersweet tale infused with humor and sadness chimed with the Cannes audience.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 May 2026