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novelette

[ nov-uh-let ]

noun

  1. a brief novel or long short story.


novelette

/ ˌɒəˈɛ /

noun

  1. an extended prose narrative story or short novel
  2. a novel that is regarded as being slight, trivial, or sentimental
  3. a short piece of lyrical music, esp one for the piano
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of novelette1

First recorded in 1805–15; novel 1 + -ette
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The latter was based on his experience copywriting for a press agent, which inspired a novelette in Cosmopolitan called “Tell Me About It Tomorrow!”

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Martin’s 2014 novelette that supplies much of the first season’s narrative — as the brutal head of King’s Landing’s City Watch, decapitating defenseless civilians.

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“White Cat, Black Dog,” her fifth collection, is a set of seven slipstream short stories that edge, in length, toward novelettes.

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"The CRT theory is reflected in the novelettes and the booklets and the projects and the storylines and themes," Bessinger said.

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He called his adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 book “a novelette, really” and noted that, besides, the Oscar didn’t go to himself but to producer David O. Selznick.

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