novelette
Example Sentences
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You know the species because androids have been a mainstay of science fiction since before Isaac Asimov coined the “three laws of robotics” for a novelette published in 1942.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
I knew some things about her as a young woman because of the structure of the novelette, and my narrative brain wouldn’t let go.
From The Verge ● Sep. 18, 2018
“It appears as though the novelette was unfinished business for her.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2014
In a time when some of our finest novelists have turned to the novelette length — Philip Roth, Ian McEwan — Barnes outshines them all.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
But I did not think, after the brave and practical manner in which you kept your appointment, I did not think that you'd try to behave like the heroine of a family novelette.
From The Literary Sense by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
