a short novel
Used in a Sentence
novelette
How to use novelette in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for novelette.
Editorial note
I admit a lot of these stories tend towards novelette or novella length.
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Parts of speech1
Quick take
a short novel
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for novelette.
noun
a short novel
See also: novella
Example sentences
I admit a lot of these stories tend towards novelette or novella length.
As I recall, "Nightfall" was a novelette length story, published in the book, "Nightfall and Other Stories".
Never content with the ordinary, Knuth wrote this introduction as a work of fiction--a novelette.
It was originally just a novelette, but it was so popular on Amazon that he was compelled to write more and so far, it's all excellent.
Post apocalyptic, vampires from space novelette written in spare time is now easier to publish, but long-research, expensive production value works need to be funded some how.
Me, reading this: wait, Munroe is at the higher end of the range because she's not writing short stories with wordcounts like that, she's writing novellas, are any of the stories he's listing for her short enough to be shorts?john fox: concludes the article with a nice infographic that lays out the standard wordcounts from every story size from "microfiction" to "Russian novel"; one of Munroe's stories is at the bottom end of the gap between "short story" and "novelette" with the rest well into "novelette" or "novella"
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How do you use novelette in a sentence?
I admit a lot of these stories tend towards novelette or novella length.
What does novelette mean?
a short novel
What part of speech is novelette?
novelette is commonly used as noun.