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Definitions for novella
noʊˈvɛl ə; -ˈvɛl i, -ˈvɛl eɪnovel·la

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word novella.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. novelette, novellanoun

    a short novel

Wiktionary

  1. novellanoun

    a short novel

Wikipedia

  1. Novella

    A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word novella derives from the Italian novella meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts.

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  1. novella

    A novella is a prose fiction work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a full-length novel. Typically, a novella may range from about 20,000 to 50,000 words. It often focuses on a single character or event and explores it in depth.

Wikidata

  1. Novella

    A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. The English word "novella" derives from the Italian word "novella", feminine of "novello", which means "new". The novella is a common literary genre in several European languages.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. NOVELLA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Novella is ranked #39419 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Novella surname appeared 558 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Novella.

    48.7% or 272 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    48.2% or 269 total occurrences were White.
    1.6% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of novella in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of novella in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of novella in a Sentence

  1. Frank Darabont:

    The movie ended in my original script with Red on the bus going off to this uncertain and hopeful future, which is how the novella ends, but the folks at (production company) Castle Rock thought after putting the audience through two-plus hours of hell, we might owe them a union at the end.

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