novella C1 Topic:Literature & Storytelling US /nəˈvɛlə/ UK /nəˈvɛlə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a fictional prose narrative longer than a short story but shorter than a full-length novel The bookshop filed her novella between the short stories and the full-length novels because its single prose narrative fell between those lengths. Etymology Borrowed from Italian novella; it shares its origin with novel. Topics Literature & Storytelling External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # novella **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /nəˈvɛlə/ **IPA (UK):** /nəˈvɛlə/ ## Meanings 1. a fictional prose narrative longer than a short story but shorter than a full-length novel ## Examples - The bookshop filed her novella between the short stories and the full-length novels because its single prose narrative fell between those lengths. ## Etymology Borrowed from Italian novella; it shares its origin with novel. ## Topics - Literature & Storytelling markdown