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novelette |
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novelette 1. an extended prose narrative story or short novel 2. a novel that is regarded as being slight, trivial, or sentimental 3. a short piece of lyrical music, esp one for the piano How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She went away and, since at that late hour there was nobody else at her tables, she immersed herself in a novelette. Now you would think that the first thing the king would do after listening to such a novelette from an entire stranger, would be to ask for credentials -- yes, and a pointer or two as to locality of castle, best route to it, and so on. A novelette, an airy trifle, conceived in days when the thermometer was lower and it was possible to think, and worked out almost mechanically, had been accepted by a magazine of a higher standing than those which hitherto had shown him hospitality. |
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