Anovel is a piece of prose fiction of a reasonable length. Even a
definition as toothless as this, however, is still too restricted. Not
all novels are writtten in prose. There are novels in verse, like
Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin or Vikram Seth’s The Golden Gate. As for fiction,
the distinction between fiction and fact is not always clear. And what counts
as a reasonable length? At what point does a novella or long short story
become a novel? André Gide’s The Immoralist is usually described as a novel,
and Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Duel’ as a short story, but they are both about
the same length.
Anovel is a piece of prose fiction of a reasonable length. Even adefinition as toothless as this, however, is still too restricted. Notall novels are writtten in prose. There are novels in verse, likePushkin’s Eugene Onegin or Vikram Seth’s The Golden Gate. As for fiction,the distinction between fiction and fact is not always clear. And what countsas a reasonable length? At what point does a novella or long short storybecome a novel? André Gide’s The Immoralist is usually described as a novel,and Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Duel’ as a short story, but they are both aboutthe same length.
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