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novel

Definition

  • noun: a long written story usually about imaginary characters and events
  • noun: an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events
  • adjective: new and not resembling something formerly known or used
  • synonyms: modern, strange, new

Examples

  • She has suggested a 'novel' approach to the problem.

  • a detective/romance/science-fiction 'novel'

  • Handheld computers are 'novel' devices.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Camera: Karl Freund, Gunther Rittau. Music: Gottfried Huppertz. Sculptor: Walter Schultze-Mittendorf. Thea von Harbou's novel Metropolis first appeared in the magazine Illustriertes Blatt, Frankfurt. The book was published by August Scherl Verlag G.m.b.H. The film's cast: Joh Fredersen: Alfred Abel (..)
    1927 Metropolis