Novella vs. Novel

Novellanoun

A short novel or long short story.

Novellanoun

(historical) new legal constitution in Ancient Rome

Novellanoun

a short novel

Novella

A novella is a short novel, that is, a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than that of most novels, but longer than most short stories. No official definition exists regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella or a novel.

Noveladjective

new, original, especially in an interesting way

Novelnoun

(obsolete) A novelty; something new.

Novelnoun

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

Novelnoun

(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.

Novelnoun

A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.

Noveladjective

Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

Novelnoun

That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

Novelnoun

News; fresh tidings.

Novelnoun

A fictitious tale or narrative, longer than a short story, having some degree of complexity and development of characters; it is usually organized as a time sequence of events, and is commonly intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and often of love.

Novelnoun

A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.

Novelnoun

a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

Novelnoun

a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;

Noveladjective

of a kind not seen before;

Noveladjective

pleasantly novel or different;

Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the Italian: novella for , , or , itself from the Latin: novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, diminutive of novus, meaning .Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term to describe their novels.