LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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a short story of drama
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a short narrative poem
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a short narrative fictional prose
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an essay of satire
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Detailed explanation-1: -A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word novella derives from the Italian novella meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts.
Detailed explanation-2: -novelle; novellas Short novels are called novellas. If you don’t want to write a novel, but have more to say than a short story, you could try writing a novella.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of works considered to be novellas, rather than novels or short stories, are Leo Tolstoy’s Smert Ivana Ilicha (The Death of Ivan Ilich), Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Zapiski iz podpolya (Notes from the Underground), Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and Henry James’s “The Aspern Papers.”
Detailed explanation-4: -A novella is a standalone piece of fiction that is shorter than a full-length novel but longer than a short story or novelette.
Detailed explanation-5: -In general, novellas fall into one of three categories: literary, inspirational and genre. These groups are not formal and each is multifaceted, and carries plenty opportunity.