the novel

Определение the novel в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
novel: A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story
novel: new, original, especially in an interesting way
novel: A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work
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.
novel: A new legal constitution in ancient Rome
novel: A novelty; something new
novel: {n} a feigned story or tale, a law to the code
novel: {a} new, strange, appendant to the code
novel: {s} new; strange
novel: {i} piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story
novel: new
novel: of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
novel: a novelty
novel: one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love
novel: In the broadest sense, any extended fictional narrative, almost always in prose; customarily restricted to narratives in which the representation of character occurs either in a static condition or in the process of development as the result of events or actions; often implies that some organizing principle (plot, theme, idea) should be present
novel: News; fresh tidings
novel: a long printed story about imaginary characters and events
novel: 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"
novel: an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events
novel: a fictional book that tells a story about people and things (e g "Anne of Green Gables" is a famous Canadian novel )
novel: A new or supplemental constitution
novel: - a product which is novel or innovative with respect to its purpose, positioning, packaging or formulation
novel: A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp
novel: n A short story padded A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art As it is too long to be read at a sitting the impressions made by its successive parts are successively effaced, as in the panorama Unity, totality of effect, is impossible; for besides the few pages last read all that is carried in mind is the mere plot of what has gone before To the romance the novel is what photography is to painting Its distinguishing principle, probability, corresponds to the literal actuality of the photograph and puts it distinctly into the category of reporting; whereas the free wing of the romancer enables him to mount to such altitudes of imagination as he may be fitted to attain; and the first three essentials of the literary art are imagination, imagination and imagination The art of writing novels, such as it was, is long dead everywhere except in Russia, where it is new Peace to its ashes -- some of which have a large sale
novel: See the Note under Novel, a
novel: a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story pleasantly novel or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort
novel: 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" a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story pleasantly novel or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort
novel: a long prose fiction text involving character and action and telling a story; the author's purpose is often to convey a particular idea or message about a culture or society
novel: A novel is a long written story about imaginary people and events. a novel by Herman Hesse historical novels set in the time of the Pharaohs
novel: Extended, fictional prose narrative with full character and plot development
novel: pleasantly novel or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"
novel: a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
novel: Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising
novel: That which is new or unusual; a novelty
novel: an extended prose fiction narrative that relates the events of its characters
novel: Novel things are new and different from anything that has been done, experienced, or made before. Protesters found a novel way of demonstrating against steeply rising oil prices The very idea of a sixth form college was novel in 1962. a long written story in which the characters and events are usually imaginary fiction (novella; NOVELLA). not like anything known before, and unusual or interesting novel idea/approach/method etc. Fictional prose narrative of considerable length and some complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting. The genre encompasses a wide range of types and styles, including picaresque, epistolary, gothic, romantic, realist, and historical novels. Though forerunners of the novel appeared in a number of places, including Classical Rome and 11th-century Japan, the European novel is usually said to have begun with Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote. The novel was established as a literary form in England in the 18th century through the work of Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, and Henry Fielding. The typical elements of a conventional novel are plot, character, setting, narrative method and point of view, scope, and myth or symbolism. These elements have been subject to experimentation since the earliest appearance of the novel. Compare antinovel. See also novella; short story. novel of character development epistolary novel gothic novel picaresque novel novel with a key
novel: a fiction book for adults usually 40,000 to 60,000 words or more - often contemporary Romance or Young Adults are less Generation, spy thrillers and historical are often more - 80,000 to 100,000 words