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novella
no·vel·la [ nō véllə ] (plural no·vel·las)


noun 
Definition:
 
short novel: a fictional prose work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
[Early 20th century. < Italian (storia) novella "new (story)" < Latin novellus (see novel2)]
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