novella
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ə noun, plural no·vel·las, no·vel·le [noh-vel-ee, -vel-ey] .
[noh-vel-ee, -vel-ey] . 1.
a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
2.
a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel.
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| —n , pl -las, -le | |
| 1. | (formerly) a short narrative tale, esp a popular story having a moral or satirical point, such as those in Boccaccio's Decameron |
| 2. | a short novel; novelette |
| [C20: from Italian; see | |
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And, as a rhyming novella, there's really no question who wrote it.
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