novella
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Based on his 1997 children’s novella, this economical piece of autofiction chronicles a life-changing cross-country flight in 1962 from Travolta’s childhood home in New Jersey to the sunny streets of Los Angeles.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Claire Keegan’s novella opens with a child on a journey and with a sense of unease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Bentley's gamble on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson appears to have paid off.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is adapted from Truman Capote’s novella by the same name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
As you must know, it would be unusual for us to publish a complete novella by an unknown writer, or for that matter a well-established one.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The novellas are composed of nested stories inspired by Scheherazade’s tales in “One Thousand and One Nights.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Martin’s Dunk and Egg novellas also questions whether who inherit rulership deserve that duty, reflecting their cravenness in shining gleam of its heroes’ virtue.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
The moment in question could be a big deal for some fans of Martin’s novellas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
Another spin-off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, adapted from a series of novellas written by Martin, launched last month.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
According to www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1910/press.html, Andrea Delfin, written in 1859, is part of a series of novellas, which Paul Heyse had published between 1855 and 1862 in four volumes.
From Andrea Delfin by Pullen, Michael
Included in the novel's 496-page sweep are three brilliant novelle: Ensign Woodbridge's encounter with the hypocritical missionaries, the story of the Irish monk and the satanic trader, Parker, and Seaman O'Connell on a berserk rampage.
From Time Magazine Archive
She intended to give a Decameron of one hundred stories—the number comes from the Cento novelle antichi, before Boccaccio—but only got so far as the second novel of the eighth day.
From The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 by Painter, William
Both these incidents are the common property of Italian novelle and our own stage.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Summers, Montague
Most of his novelle read like summaries of novels,––setting forth an abstract synopsis of the action rather than a concrete representation of it.
From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker
I went one day with a friend of mine to a pique-nique party at the Cascino, where a laughable adventure occurred perfectly in the stile of the novelle of Boccacio.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
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