Novels

British

/ ˈnɒvəlz /

plural noun

Roman law the new statutes of Justinian and succeeding emperors supplementing the Institutes, Digest, and Code: now forming part of the Corpus Juris Civilis

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Etymology

Origin of Novels

Latin Novellae ( constitūtiōnēs ) new (laws)

Example Sentences

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Her deeply felt novels are driven by what makes families and what breaks them.

From The Wall Street Journal

As in Ms. Jones’s previous novels—including “An American Marriage,” her 2018 Oprah-anointed love story about a couple whose lives are upended when the husband is arrested and convicted of a crime he did not commit—“Kin” alternates with metronomic precision between her main characters’ first-person narratives.

From The Wall Street Journal

His romantic novels such as The Last of the Mohicans were literary blockbusters.

From Literature

Across five novels and three story collections, Lauren Groff has merged wide-screen history with intimate stories about women seeking and confronting power, including in her latest spirited — and triumphant — release “Brawler.”

From Los Angeles Times

On Tuesday, she’ll discuss her work at a Vroman’s Bookstore event at Pasadena Presbyterian Church with Danzy Senna, acclaimed author of “Colored Television” and other novels.

From Los Angeles Times

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