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novella

Answer	Crossword Clue
NOVELLA	Form of fiction
NOVELLA	Short book
NOVELLA	Long story made short?

NOVELLA	"Heart of Darkness," for one
NOVELLA	"Animal Farm," for one
NOVELLA	"The Old Man and the Sea," for one
NOVELLA	"Billy Budd," e.g.
NOVELLA	Short story's big brother
NOVELLA	Welty's "The Optimist's Daughter," e.g.
NOVELLA	Long short story
NOVELLA	King's "The Library Policeman," e.g.

NOVELLA	"Billy Budd," for one
NOVELLA	Extended short story
NOVELLA	"Breakfast at Tiffany's," for one
NOVELLA	"Goodbye, Columbus," e.g.
NOVELLA	"Billy Budd, Foretopman," for one
NOVELLA	"Billy Budd", for one
NOVELLA	Hugo Award category
NOVELLA	"Goodbye Columbus," for one

NOVELLA	Literary form.
NOVELLA	Story as in the "Decameron."
NOVELLA	Literary work
NOVELLA	Wharton's "Old New York," e.g.
NOVELLA	Boccaccio tale
NOVELLA	It's a long story
NOVELLA	More than a short story
NOVELLA	Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," e.g.

NOVELLA	Short long story?
NOVELLA	It might have 200 gross words
NOVELLA	"The Time Machine," e.g.
NOVELLA	"A Christmas Carol," for one