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Grammar : Noun
Spell : noh-vel-uh
Phonetic Transcription : noʊˈvɛl ə



Definition of novella

Origin :
  • 1902; see novel (n.).
  • As in novel : noun fictional book
  • As in short story : noun short work of fiction
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps he was going to perish here, without seeing the Novella again.
  • Extract from : « Very Woman » by Remy de Gourmont
  • The Novella stooped towards the prisoner and touched his face with her lips.
  • Extract from : « Very Woman » by Remy de Gourmont
  • In both cases the difference of the novella is in the motive, or the origination.
  • Extract from : « Literature and Life » by William Dean Howells
  • The novelette can have almost as perfect form as the novella.
  • Extract from : « Literature and Life » by William Dean Howells
  • In other words the novella was actually (though still in miniature) a novel in nature as well as in name.
  • Extract from : « The English Novel » by George Saintsbury
  • Novella popolare siciliana pubblicata ed illustrata a cura di Francesco Sabatini.
  • Extract from : « Italian Popular Tales » by Thomas Frederick Crane
  • In Florence they take the form of a novella, and the novella is expanded in octave stanzas.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
  • The Italian novella, though written for the people, exhibits the external pomp and grandeur of royalty.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
  • The Idyll and the Novella formed, moreover, the most precious portion of Boccaccio's legacy.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
  • With regard to the Novella and the Idyll, it is enough in this place to say that we may reckon them indigenous to modern Italy.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds

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