Noun
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an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
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fiction a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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detective novel,
mystery novel novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end
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dime novel,
penny dreadful a melodramatic paperback novel
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novelette,
novella a short novel
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roman a clef a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters
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romance a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
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a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"
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volume,
book the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"
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Adjective
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pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"
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