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novelette

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nov·el·ette  (nv-lt)
n.
A short novel.

novelette
Noun
a short novel, usually one regarded as trivial or sentimental
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Noun1.novelette - a short novel
novel - an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

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She went away and, since at that late hour there was nobody else at her tables, she immersed herself in a novelette.
Now you would think that the first thing the king would do after listening to such a novelette from an entire stranger, would be to ask for credentials -- yes, and a pointer or two as to locality of castle, best route to it, and so on.
A novelette, an airy trifle, conceived in days when the thermometer was lower and it was possible to think, and worked out almost mechanically, had been accepted by a magazine of a higher standing than those which hitherto had shown him hospitality.
 
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