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Here’s your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Novellas. The “fun-size” version of
novels.
What is the difference between a novel and a novella?
We’ll nix choice (D) first.
If there were no difference between novels and novellas, we probably wouldn’t need
two different words--no matter what the Italians say.
We can trim away the other incorrect answers by simply knowing that novellas are shorter
than novels.
Quick tip: never read a novella while doing any literal trimming.
Choice (B) seems to think that novellas are longer, so it’s out of the running for sure.
We can infer that (C) is incorrect as well.
An author might be able to shove more characters in a novella than in a novel, but it would
probably be uncomfortable for everyone involved.
We need look no further than choice (A), which recognizes that the novella is indeed shorter
and less complicated than its big brother, the novel.
We wonder if there’s ever any sibling rivalry between the two.