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6 | ->''"There is no hard-and-fast definition of what either a novel or a short story is—at least not in terms of word count—nor should there be. But when a writer approaches the 20,000-word mark, he knows he is edging out of the country of the short story. Likewise, when he passes the 40,000-word mark, he is edging into the country of the novel. The borders of the country between these two more orderly regions are ill-defined, but at some point the writer wakes up with alarm and realizes that he's come or is coming to a really terrible place, an anarchy-ridden literary banana republic called the 'novella'."'' |
7 | -->-- '''Creator/StephenKing''', ''Literature/DifferentSeasons'' (Afterword) |
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9 | A type of ProseFiction which is essentially a short {{novel}} which is longer than the {{novelette}}. Described by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as any work between 17,500 and 40,000 words in length. Depending on the definition, they can also be described as a ShortStory. |
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11 | Novellas are relatively uncommon in modern English language publishing due to there being little market for them; they are too short to justify charging the price of a novel-sized book and also too long to fit comfortably in a modern literary magazine. However, there are notable exceptions. Novellas were popular in digest-sized magazines since they could be marketed as "containing a complete novel". E-publishing has also meant a resurgence of the format. |
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13 | Quite a few {{video games}} in the 1980s came with novellas, which acted to provide {{backstory}} that wasn't possible to squeeze into the games themselves. |
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15 | Novellas tend to have simpler plots than novels, but these plots necessitate more complexity than in a novelette due to the added length. |
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17 | Compare: {{Novel}}, {{Novelette}}, ShortStory, LightNovels. |
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19 | !!Examples: |
20 | [[index]] |
21 | * ''Alpha's Tale'', a tie-in to ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' by Creator/ErinHunter |
22 | * ''Literature/TheAmbassadorsVoice'' by Creator/XeomunDholaka |
23 | * ''Literature/AndUsTooIGuess'', by Creator/GeorgeAlecEffinger (1973) |
24 | * ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' by Creator/GeorgeOrwell |
25 | * ''Literature/{{Anthem}}'' by Creator/AynRand |
26 | * ''Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness'', by Creator/HPLovecraft |
27 | * ''Literature/TheBalladOfBlackTom'', by Victor [=LaValle=] |
28 | * ''Literature/TheBasement'' by Stephen Leather |
29 | * ''Literature/BerenAndLuthien'' by Creator/JRRTolkien |
30 | * ''Literature/BillyBudd'', by Creator/HermanMelville |
31 | * ''Literature/{{Borrasca}}'', by Creator/CKWalker |
32 | * ''Literature/TheBoyWithBlueEyes'', by Travis Lee |
33 | * ''Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys'', by Creator/TrumanCapote |
34 | * ''Literature/TheBridgeOfSanLuisRey'', by Creator/ThorntonWilder |
35 | * ''Literature/ByHisBootstraps'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein |
36 | * ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'', by Creator/JosephSheridanLeFanu |
37 | * ''Literature/ChainsOfTheSea'', by Creator/GardnerDozois (1973) |
38 | * ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'', by Creator/JRRTolkien |
39 | * ''Literature/TheCircusOfDoctorLao'', by Creator/CharlesGFinney |
40 | * ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', by Creator/CharlesDickens |
41 | * ''Literature/ColdSnap'', by Creator/KimNewman |
42 | * "Literature/CommonSense", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein |
43 | * ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'', by Creator/NeilGaiman |
44 | * ''Literature/DaisyMiller'', by Creator/HenryJames |
45 | * ''Literature/TheDreamEatersAndOtherStories'', by Louise Searl (''The Dream Eaters'' itself is a novella, the others are short stories). |
46 | * ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'', by Creator/JRRTolkien |
47 | * ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor'' by Creator/JRRTolkien |
48 | * ''Literature/TheFifthChild'' by Doris Lessing |
49 | * ''Literature/FutureHistory'', by Creator/AaronWall |
50 | * ''Literature/TheFifthHeadOfCerberus'', by Creator/GeneWolfe (1972) |
51 | * ''Literature/TheGeneralFoundation'', by Creator/IsaacAsimov |
52 | * ''Literature/TheGoldAtTheStarbowsEnd'', by Creator/FrederikPohl (1972) |
53 | * ''Literature/TheGreatGodPan'', by Creator/ArthurMachen |
54 | * ''Literature/TheGypsiesInTheWood'', by Creator/KimNewman |
55 | * ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', by Creator/JosephConrad |
56 | * ''Literature/TheHellboundHeart'', by Creator/CliveBarker |
57 | * ''Literature/TheKeyToCharlotte'' by Creator/EAWest |
58 | * [[/index]] Creator/StephenKing's novellas have been published as stand-alone books as well as in {{Anthology}} collections: [[index]] |
59 | ** ''Literature/BlockadeBilly'' |
60 | ** ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' |
61 | ** ''Literature/DifferentSeasons'' |
62 | ** ''Literature/TheMist'' |
63 | * ''Literature/TheLastHope'', by Creator/DonEvans |
64 | * ''Literature/LaviniaRising'' by Farah Rose Smith |
65 | * ''Literature/TheLiesOfTheAjungo'' by Moses Ose Utomi |
66 | * ''Literature/LikeWaterForChocolate'', by Creator/LauraEsquivel |
67 | * ''Literature/TheLineman'', by Creator/WalterMMillerJr (1957) |
68 | * ''Literature/TheManWhoGotOffTheGhostTrain'', by Creator/KimNewman |
69 | * ''Literature/MARiiMO'', by Creator/TyrelPinnegar |
70 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidVariations'', by Creator/RhysHuges |
71 | * ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'', by Creator/FranzKafka |
72 | * ''Literature/TheMonsterOfElendhaven'', by Jennifer Giesbrecht |
73 | * ''Literature/TheMule'', by Creator/IsaacAsimov |
74 | * ''Literature/NightshadeTrilogy'', by Creator/AndreaCremer, includes a few Novellas: |
75 | ** ''Aftermath'' |
76 | ** ''Treachery'' |
77 | ** ''Shadow Days'' |
78 | * ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'', by Creator/JohnSteinbeck |
79 | * ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea'', by Creator/ErnestHemingway |
80 | * ''Literature/TheOriginist'', by Creator/OrsonScottCard |
81 | * Chapter 22 of ''Literature/ThePaleKing'' |
82 | * ''Literature/{{Pharmakembru}}'' series, by [[Creator/MonosDOA Monos D.O.A]] |
83 | * "{{Literature/Profession}}", by Creator/IsaacAsimov |
84 | * ''Literature/ThePushOfAFinger'', by Creator/AlfredBester |
85 | * ''Literature/TheSandmanTheDreamHunters'' by Creator/NeilGaiman, set in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' |
86 | * ''Literature/SearchByTheFoundation'', by Creator/IsaacAsimov |
87 | * ''Literature/SearchByTheMule'', by Creator/IsaacAsimov |
88 | * ''Literature/TheSerialMurders'', by Creator/KimNewman |
89 | * ''Literature/SevenStars'', by Creator/KimNewman |
90 | * ''Literature/TheShadowOutOfTime'', by Creator/HPLovecraft |
91 | * ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'', by Creator/HPLovecraft |
92 | * ''Literature/ShadowsunTheLastOfKirusLine'', by Braden Campbell |
93 | * ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' had four associated novellas: |
94 | ** ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' |
95 | ** ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'' |
96 | ** ''Literature/AStudyInScarlet'' |
97 | ** ''Literature/TheValleyOfFear'' |
98 | * ''Literature/TheShrineOfSebastian'', by Creator/GordonEklund (1973) |
99 | * ''Literature/TheShunnedHouse'', by Creator/HPLovecraft |
100 | * ''Literature/SorcererConjurerWizardWitch'', by Creator/KimNewman |
101 | * ''Literature/TheStranger'', by Creator/AlbertCamus |
102 | * ''{{Literature/Sula}}'', by Creator/ToniMorrison |
103 | * ''Literature/TheTentaclesFromBelow'', by Anthony Gilmore (PenName for Creator/HarryBates and Creator/DWHall) |
104 | * ''Literature/ThebeAndTheAngryRedEye'' by [[Webcomic/JackDavidHopkins David Hopkins]] |
105 | * ''Literature/ThisOtherWorld'', by Creator/ACBuchanan |
106 | * ''Literature/ToBeTaughtIfFortunate'', by Creator/BeckyChambers |
107 | * ''Literature/TrueNames'', by Creator/VernorVinge |
108 | * ''Literature/TwoDooms'', by Creator/CyrilMKornbluth (1958) |
109 | * ''Unstrung'', a tie-in to the ''Literature/{{Unwind}}'' trilogy, by Creator/NealShusterman |
110 | * ''Literature/{{Viy}}'', by Creator/NikolaiGogol |
111 | * [[/index]] Creator/AEVanVogt's [[index]] %%Creator indentation |
112 | ** ''{{Literature/Asylum}}'' |
113 | ** ''Literature/RecruitingStation'' |
114 | * ''Literature/WarriorCats'' tie-in novellas by Creator/ErinHunter: |
115 | ** ''Hollyleaf's Story'' |
116 | ** ''Mistystar's Omen'' |
117 | ** ''Cloudstar's Journey'' |
118 | ** ''Tigerclaw's Fury'' |
119 | ** ''Leafpool's Wish'' |
120 | ** ''Dovewing's Silence'' |
121 | ** ''Mapleshade's Vengeance'' |
122 | ** ''Goosefeather's Curse'' |
123 | ** ''Ravenpaw's Farewell'' |
124 | ** ''Pinestar's Choice'' |
125 | ** ''Spottedleaf's Heart'' |
126 | ** ''Thunder's Echo'' |
127 | * "Literature/TheWayToAmalteia", by Creator/BorisStrugatsky and Creator/ArkadyStrugatsky (1960) |
128 | * ''Literature/TheWhispererInDarkness'', by Creator/HPLovecraft |
129 | * ''Literature/WhoGoesThere'' |
130 | ** ''Literature/FrozenHell'' |
131 | * ''Literature/WildflowerRanch'' |
132 | [[/index]] |
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