nov·el1
 novel1
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A novel is a long piece of writing that tells a story.
Mary's mother is reading a novel about people who lived over a hundred years ago.- similar words:
- account, fiction, history, romance, story, tale
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The word
novel comes from the Italian word
novella, which meant "new story."