as in tale
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works
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Related Articles The film is based on William S. Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical novella of the same name.
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Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
Keegan’s novella is set in a small Irish town in 1985 as coal merchant Bill Furlong faces the busiest season of the year.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
In January, the studio signed up to develop Latin American Spanish-language web novellas from Wattpad Webtoon Studios.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
Burroughs, the author of the novella the film is based on, had a similar encounter with his second wife, writer Joan Vollmer.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
Keegan’s novella is set in a small Irish town in 1985 as coal merchant Bill Furlong faces the busiest season of the year.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
In January, the studio signed up to develop Latin American Spanish-language web novellas from Wattpad Webtoon Studios.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
Burroughs, the author of the novella the film is based on, had a similar encounter with his second wife, writer Joan Vollmer.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Novella.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novella. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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