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

  • (..) I said that if eventually I have enough good ones... ...that maybe I'll try... ...and publish another collection. Those really didn't sell. I just thought a novel would be easier to sell. Yeah, well, maybe so. Ever want me to read anything, I could critique it for you. No. (..)
    2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) - And somebody bought it? - Yeah, some guy in Minneapolis. Fourteen dollars plus shipping. Yes. At this rate, in or years you'll be rich. - So how goes the novel? - It's not a novel, actually, which I... You're not writing a novel? - You told me you were. - No. Short stories. (..)
    2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1