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  2. Novel - Wikipedia

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    A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. [1] The word derives from the Italian: novella for "new", "news", ...

  3. Novella - Wikipedia

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    The author described it as a novella, but the panel for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 qualified the book as a "short novel". [23] Thus, this "novella" was shortlisted for an award for best original novel. A similar case is found with a much older work of fiction: The Call of the Wild (1903) by Jack London. This book, by modern standards, is ...

  4. Thriller (genre) - Wikipedia

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    Writer Vladimir Nabokov, in his lectures at Cornell University, said: . In an Anglo-Saxon thriller, the villain is generally punished, and the strong silent man generally wins the weak babbling girl, but there is no governmental law in Western countries to ban a story that does not comply with a fond tradition, so that we always hope that the wicked but romantic fellow will escape scot-free ...

  5. English novel - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Samuel Richardson by Joseph Highmore. National Portrait Gallery, Westminster, England.. The English novel is an important part of English literature.This article mainly concerns novels, written in English, by novelists who were born or have spent a significant part of their lives in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland (or any part of Ireland before 1922).

  6. novel) - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Lyall in The New York Times writes ahead of publication that Brodsky's decision to entitle the novel *** "does present its own difficulties". [1] The novel was reviewed by Brian Evenson in Review of Contemporary Fiction, [2] Scott L. Powers in the Boston Globe, [3] and Judith Upjohn in American Book Review, [4] as well as in Publishers Weekly [5] and Library Journal.

  7. Book - Wikipedia

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    A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. Modern books are typically in codex format, composed of many pages that are bound together and protected by a cover; they were preceded by several earlier formats, including the scroll and the tablet.

  8. Light novel - Wikipedia

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    A light novel (Japanese: ライトノベル, Hepburn: raito noberu) is a type of popular literature novel native to Japan, [citation needed] usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting teens to twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging.

  9. The Novel: An Introduction - Wikipedia

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    The chapter introduces the topic. It discusses the "beginning" and the "meaning" of a novel, the socio-cultural conventions/rules and the methodology of linking the individual events, which may be used in this narrative form, as well as the interactions of these elements. As a special case the autobiographical novel (it's me, who tells) is ...