2006-09-26 07:28:00 · 11 answers · asked by lilmisshappy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A fictional book
2006-09-26 07:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by mattyatty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A novel (from French nouvelle Italian "novella", "new") is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. Until the eighteenth century, the word referred specifically to short fictions of love and intrigue as opposed to romances, which were epic-length works about love and adventure. During the 18th century the novel adopted features of the old romance and became one of the major literary genres. It is today defined mostly by its ability to become the object of literary criticism demanding artistic merit, a specific 'literary' style and a deeper meaning than a true story of the same content could claim to have.
2006-09-26 07:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by babybitch69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Word requirements (length) for a novel varies by publisher. The minimum length (Harlequin) is 55,000 words. The maximum length is generally about 200,000 words but it has to be a bestseller to go that long.
Average length for a novel is 85,000 to 110,000 words.
A novel is characterized by one main plot and several subplots. A short story generally has just a main plot. A novella (less than 50,000 words, but more than 10,000 words) usually has a main plot and one or two subplots.
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2006-09-26 07:53:41 · answer #3 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 : an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events
2 : the literary genre consisting of novels
2006-09-26 07:39:33 · answer #4 · answered by KMAB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A book or a story
2006-09-26 07:31:58 · answer #5 · answered by guitar_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a book
2006-09-26 08:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by Whitney K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a book that tells a story that is usually fictional
2006-09-26 07:36:03 · answer #7 · answered by Maggie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A story with beginning, middle and an ending...
2006-09-26 07:30:21 · answer #8 · answered by interested_party 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
2. (formerly) novella (def. 1).
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[Origin: 1560–70; < It novella (storia) new kind of story. See novel2]
—Related forms
nov‧el‧like, adjective
2006-09-26 07:42:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a poem
2006-09-27 04:57:27 · answer #10 · answered by pewnee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋