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novelette Definition

nov·el·ette (näv′ə let)

noun

short novel, sometimes, specif., one regarded as inferior in quality, banal, overly commercial, etc.

novelette Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • publish: Arthur Neil was the only the Dublin publisher who independently published novelettes.

Adjective modifier

  • Gothic: Many of these Gothic novelettes published during this period were potboilers of original works.
  • Irish: The present authors have not seen original bindings of Irish novelettes of the period, because all copies known to us have been rebound.

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