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*{{cite book |last=Baldrick |first=Chris |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms |year=1991|publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-282893-2 }}
* {{cite book |last=Cuddon |first=J.A. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory |year=1999 |publisher=Penguin |location=London |isbn=0-14-051363-9 }}
*{{cite book |last=Holman |first=C. Hugh |authorlink= |coauthors=Harmon, William |title=A Handbook to Literature, Sixth Edition |year=1992 |publisher=MacMillan |location=New York |isbn=0-02-553440-8 }}

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A Novella is a work of prose fiction somewhere in length between a short story and a "full length" novel. One writer's association defines it as being between 17,500 and 39,999 words in length[1]. The word was originally an Italian one meaning a tale or piece of news and as such was applied to the work of such writers as Boccacchio. The word novel comes from the same source[2], although the full length novel evolved many years later.

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  1. http://www.sfwa.org/awards/faq.htm#6 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America FAQ
  2. J.A. Cuddon (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory