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Meanings of novella in English

Russian
повесть
Portuguese
nouvelle
Spanish
novella
Catalan
novel·la curta

Written, fictional, prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.

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повесть
Catalan
novel·la curta
Spanish
novela corta

A short novel.

novel·la curta

Bulgarian family-oriented television channel.

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Usage of novella in English
1
In other words, a new review should be more novella than novel.
The Guardian
2
Ellen Datlow, who said there couldn't be a sequel to the novella.
Carrion comfort
3
His debut, the novella Out of Focus, was published in the 1980s.
The Irish Times
4
The deluxe edition includes a 95-page novella chronicling Buk's life and times.
The Irish Times
5
Which Francis Ford Coppola film is based in a Joseph Conrad novella?
The Irish Times
6
He offered me the chance to adapt Romain Gary's novella White Dog.
The Guardian
7
Seize The Day is perhaps the most Russian novella ever written in America.
The Guardian
8
JM Coetzee using his holiday Instagram pictures as the basis for a novella?
The Irish Times
9
The novelette can have almost as perfect form as the novella.
Literature and Life (Complete)
10
It's a novella set in a recession, about two migrants on zero-hours contracts.
The Guardian
11
It should only take you a couple of hours to read the novella.
Wired
12
This elegant 19th century-style historical novella evokes the atmosphere of a medieval romance.
The Irish Times
13
Her new 192-page novella, her first title in two years, was released in June.
Reuters
14
This one's a novella published in 1888 -seven years before the Time Machine.
The Guardian
15
I have a new novella coming out on July 11th.
Wired
16
Thank you, readers, for making such a fun novella possible!
The First Lie
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Novella through the time
Novella across language varieties
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