a short novel
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literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a prose narrative shorter than a novel
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre, Fiction.a style of expressing yourself in writing
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.a style of expressing yourself in writing
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.prose writing that is not fictional
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.prose writing that is not fictional
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.a style of expressing yourself in writing
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a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.One of the persons of a drama or novel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his ow…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an his…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs"; "the epistolatory…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his ow…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.The quality of being unusual or novel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.A writer of a novel or novels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, novel.
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