Meaning of novel | Babel Free

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1. A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
2. A novelty; something new.
   obsolete
3. A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
   historical
4. soap opera, telenovela
5. A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
   historical
6. Strikingly new, unusual, or different. See Synonyms at new.
7. third-person singular present indicative
8. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usu. presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
9. second-person singular imperative
10. of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea.
11. A fictitious narrative in which characters and action are usually a reflection of real life.
12. a book telling a long story in prose. the novels of Charles Dickens. novelle رِوايَه роман romance román der Roman roman μυθιστόρημαnovela romaan رمان romaani romanרומן नवीन roman regény novel skáldsaga romanzo 小説 장편 (소설) romanas romāns novel romanromanpowieść ناول،داستان romance roman роман román roman roman roman นวนิยาย roman 長篇小說 роман; новела ناول، لمبي نثريہ کہاني کي کتاب tiểu thuyết 长篇小说
13. the writer of a novel. Dickens was a great novelist. skrywer رِوائي романист romancista romanopisec der/die Romanautor(in) forfatter μυθιστοριογράφοςnovelista romaanikirjanik رمان نویس romaanikirjailija romancier/-ière סופר उपन्यासकार romanopisac regényíró novelis skáldsagnahöfundur romanziere 小説家 소설가 romanistas, romanų rašytojas romānu rakstnieks penulis novel romanschrijverromanforfatterpowieściopisarz ناول ليكونكى romancista romancier романист románopisec romanopisec romanopisac romanförfa...
14. new and strange. a novel idea. oulik, interessant جَديد وَغريب нововъведен novo nový, nezvyklý neuartig ny; hidtil ukendt νέος, πρωτότυπος, πρωτόγνωροςnovedoso, original uudne نو؛ جديد uudenlainen originalחדשני उपन्यास nov, inovativan újszerű baru nÿr; frumlegur, nÿstárlegur originale, nuovo 新奇な 새로운 종류의 naujas, neįprastas jauns; nebijis baru verrassendny, uvanlig, originalnowatorski نوى novo inedit новый; необычный nezvyklý izviren neobičan nymodig, hittills okänd ใหม่ yeni ve farklı, alışılm...
15. A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
16. The literary genre represented by novels.
17. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, esp in the form of a story

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“If it be true, that the preſent age is more corrupt, than the preceding, the great multiplication of Novels has probably contributed to its degeneracy. Fifty years ago there was ſcarcely a Novel in the kingdom. Romances, indeed, abounded; but they, it is ſuppoſed, were rather favorable to virtue.”

“Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph.”

“merry tales[…]such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.”

“Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvelle, since the discovery of America), meale and oyle.”

“The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]”

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