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  2. List of novellas - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a ...

  3. Novella - Wikipedia

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    In the late 19th century Henry James was one of the first English language critics to use the term novella for a story that was longer and more complex than a short story, but shorter than a novel. [7] In English speaking countries the modern novella is rarely defined as a distinct literary genre, but is often used as a term for a short novel. [9]

  4. Category:Medical novels - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Medical novels" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.

  5. List of coming-of-age stories - Wikipedia

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    Ghost World, graphic novel by Daniel Clowes (1993–1997) The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, novel by Chris Fuhrman (1994) The Zigzag Kid, by David Grossman (1994) Into the Widening World, a collection of 26 short fictional coming-of-age stories by 26 notable authors (published 1995) Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling (1997–2007)

  6. Campus novel - Wikipedia

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    A campus novel, also known as an academic novel, is a novel whose main action is set in and around the campus of a university. The genre in its current form dates back to the early 1950s. The genre in its current form dates back to the early 1950s.

  7. List of metafictional works - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of works that use metafictional ideas. Metafiction is intentional allusion or reference to a work's fictional nature. It is commonly used for humorous or parodic effect, and has appeared in a wide range of mediums, including writing, film, theatre, and video gaming.

  8. Elaine (short story) - Wikipedia

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    There was room for Mickey; no more. [ 11 ] Elaine and her family come into contact with a “Hollywood- and radio-promoted world populated with star newspaper reporters, crackerjack young city editors, young brain surgeons…all of her men speak in deep, trained voices that sometimes swooped pleasantly through a sixteen-year-old girl’s legs.”

  9. The Optimist's Daughter - Wikipedia

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    Laurel is Judge McKelva's daughter, who is an only child. She is a widow who had been married to a man named Phil Hand. After his death, Laurel returned to her parents’ home because of her mother's sickness, before returning to Chicago, only to be brought back by her father's condition which is where the events in the novel begin.