FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A story
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A long poem
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A news
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The length of a novella A novella is defined as a work of narrative fiction that runs between 20, 000 and 50, 000 words (the average is around 30, 000). Once a story exceeds 50, 000 words, it is entering novel territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -In terms of length, a novella falls in between a short story and a novel and runs roughly fifteen thousand words to eighty thousand words. It’s not quite short enough to be considered “short, ” but it’s not a full-fledged novel, either. Still, a novella requires the same attention to craft as the other forms.
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: -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.