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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Based on Henry James’s 1898 novella, The Turn of the Screw, Jack Clayton’s strikingly atmospheric adaptation uses dissolves and superimpositions to signify just how porous the line between the living and the dead is, and to emphasize the strain of Giddens’s overwhelming and overlapping thoughts.
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Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
In his extensive career, King has published 65 novels and novellas, and also expanded into crime, sci-fi, fantasy and mystery genres.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Ali Hazelwood books in order Hazelwood has published standalone romance novels, novellas and even audio-only stories.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
The inspiration hails from a slender, evocative novella by Denis Johnson that honors the manual laborers who built this country, focusing on one in particular, Robert Grainier, who carved out a window of happiness for a time.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
In his extensive career, King has published 65 novels and novellas, and also expanded into crime, sci-fi, fantasy and mystery genres.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Ali Hazelwood books in order Hazelwood has published standalone romance novels, novellas and even audio-only stories.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
The inspiration hails from a slender, evocative novella by Denis Johnson that honors the manual laborers who built this country, focusing on one in particular, Robert Grainier, who carved out a window of happiness for a time.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Novella.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novella. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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