novelette

Example Sentences

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You know the species because androids have been a mainstay of science fiction since before Isaac Asimov coined the “three laws of robotics” for a novelette published in 1942.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

The backstory of the novelette kept picking at my brain.

From The Verge • Sep. 18, 2018

“It appears as though the novelette was unfinished business for her.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 17, 2014

In a time when some of our finest novelists have turned to the novelette length — Philip Roth, Ian McEwan — Barnes outshines them all.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2011

But I did not think, after the brave and practical manner in which you kept your appointment, I did not think that you'd try to behave like the heroine of a family novelette.

From The Literary Sense by Nesbit, E. (Edith)