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novella
novella /nəʊˈvelə $ noʊ-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Italian
 Origin: storia novella 'new story', from novello 'new', from Latin novellus; novel2
a story that is shorter than a novel, but longer than a short story