Novel:
A novel is a long, fictional, narrative which describes intimate human experiences. The novel in the modern era usually makes use of a literary prose style, and the development of the prose novel at this time was encouraged by innovations in printing, and the introduction of cheap paper, in the 15th century.
Novella:
A novella is a written, fictional, prose and narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. The novella is a common literary genre in several European languages. A novella generally features fewer conflicts than a novel, yet more complicated ones than a short story. The conflicts have more time to develop than in short stories.
Differences:
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) |
A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism. | A short novel or long short story. |
| Features | A novel has a complex plot and more characters. | A novella features a less complicated plot and a fewer number ofcharacters. |
| Synonyms | Unusual, offbeat, unique, strange and different | Paperback, yarn, narrative, prose and tale |
| Antonyms | Similar, regular, standard, usual and common | Truth and non-fiction |
| Types | Its types are:
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| History | Although early forms of the novel are to be found in a number of places, including classical Rome, 10th– and 11th-century Japan, and Elizabethan England, the European novel is often said to have begun with Don Quixote in 1605. | The novella as a literary genre began developing in the early Renaissance by the Italian and French literatura, principally Giovanni Boccaccio, author of The Decameron (1353). |
| Word origin | It was originated in the Mid-16th century: from Italian novella (storia) ‘new (story)’, feminine of novello ‘new’, from Latin novellus, from novus ‘new’. | It was originated in the Early 20th century: from Italian, ‘novel’. |
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| Characters | Novels have more characters, more themes, a longer timeline and a kind of ‘grand scope’ not found in novellas. | A novella is a written, fictional, prose and narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. |
| Length | The average length of a novel would be around 100,000. | A novella typically consists of words less than 40,000. |
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