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novella

[noh-vel-uh] / noʊˈvɛl ə /


NOUN
short story
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Greta Lee and Edmund Donovan star alongside the actor in this adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s novella about a group of intellectuals fascinated with a once-celebrated writer who now works at a post office.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Based on his 1997 children’s novella, this economical piece of autofiction chronicles a life-changing cross-country flight in 1962 from Travolta’s childhood home in New Jersey to the sunny streets of Los Angeles.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

The first English-language edition of Trotzig’s 1964 novella “Queen”—one of the author’s greatest achievements—may help to fill that gap.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

Bentley's gamble on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson appears to have paid off.

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

As you must know, it would be unusual for us to publish a complete novella by an unknown writer, or for that matter a well-established one.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The novellas are composed of nested stories inspired by Scheherazade’s tales in “One Thousand and One Nights.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Martin’s Dunk and Egg novellas also questions whether those who inherit rulership deserve that duty, reflecting their cravenness in shining gleam of its heroes’ virtue.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

The film comes courtesy of the softer side of Stephen King, adapted from a story in his 2020 collection of novellas, “If It Bleeds.”

From Salon Jun. 15, 2025

Sir Salman said the book is made up of three novellas - short stories - all of which were written in the last 12 months.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2025

According to www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1910/press.html, Andrea Delfin, written in 1859, is part of a series of novellas, which Paul Heyse had published between 1855 and 1862 in four volumes.

From Andrea Delfin by Michael Pullen

Included in the novel's 496-page sweep are three brilliant novelle: Ensign Woodbridge's encounter with the hypocritical missionaries, the story of the Irish monk and the satanic trader, Parker, and Seaman O'Connell on a berserk rampage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other writers besides Sacchetti produced songs of the sort, but in all alike the strictly pastoral element was accidental, and merged insensibly into the more delicately romantic of the novelle themes.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg

This is high praise for the product of a literature that boasts of Boccaccio's 'Decameron,' and gave birth to the novelle, the parent of modern fiction.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

The flood of Italian novelle introduced into England by Painter and his school, imported a new condition into the problem.

From The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 by William Painter

It is true that The Novelist is only a true title in the older sense—that the pieces are novelle not "novels" proper.

From The English Novel by George Saintsbury




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