"A novella is a short novel, that is, a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than that of most novels, but longer than most short ...
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stories. No official definition exists regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella or a novel. US-based Writers of America defines novella´s word count to be between 17,500 and 40,000 words.
The English word "novella" derives from the Italian novella, feminine of novello, which means "new". The novella is a common literary genre in several European languages." - (en.wikipedia.org 03.06.2021)