Thesaurus results for NOVELLE

novellas

noun

variants or novelle

plural of novella

as in stories

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 novellas 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 Stern has also published four collections of stories, four novellas, and two children’s books, all of them steeped in Jewish folklore. —

Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 For reading widely, there’s discovery to be had among novellas, which thanks to their short length can get away with being weird and different. —

Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026 The plan, as outlined by Orsi in that February 2025 Deadline interview, is to adapt all three of the novellas in the Dunk and Egg collection across three total seasons. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026 The moment in question could be a big deal for some fans of Martin’s novellas. —

Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026 Please note that spoilers about Dunk’s and Egg’s futures do have pretty big implications, though their eventual fates do not come into play in the second or third novellas aside from some prophetic hints, and their role in Westerosi history was already well established ahead of Game of Thrones. —

James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026 However, the good news is that, according to Parker, his aim is for the series to follow Dunk and Egg down the long and winding road Martin has laid out for the entirety of their lives—both in his three existing novellas and an additional 12 outlines for still unpublished tales. —

Megan McCluskey, Time, 23 Feb. 2026 Nine more novels and novellas have been published since, with the books having been translated into more than 30 languages. —

Joe Otterson, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Inside the media center, rows of workstations equipped with laptops and charging points allow reporters to file stories.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026