novella

A novella is a book of narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories. The English word "novella" derives from the Italian meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts.

==Definition== The Italian term is a feminine of novello, which means "new", similarly to the English word news. Merriam-Webster defines a novella as "a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel". Disagreement exists regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella, a short story, or a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association defines a novella's word count to be between 17,500 and 40,000 words; at 250 words per page, this equates to 70 to 160 pages. See below for definitions used by other organisations.