All 9 Uses of
novel
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- They have not got the charm of novelty.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1) *
- "I should think the novelty of the emotion must have given you a thrill of real pleasure, Dorian," interrupted Lord Henry.†
Chpt 19 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I should like to write a novel certainly; a novel that would be as lovely as a Persian carpet, and as unreal.†
Chpt 3 (definition 2)
- I should like to write a novel certainly; a novel that would be as lovely as a Persian carpet, and as unreal.†
Chpt 3 (definition 2)
- It will be like having a meat-tea, or reading an English novel.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2) *
- It was a novel without a plot, and with only one character, being, indeed, simply a psychological study of a certain young Parisian, who spent his life trying to realise in the nineteenth century all the passions and modes of thought that belonged to every century except his own, and to sum up, as it were, in himself the various moods through which the world-spirit had ever passed, loving for their mere artificiality those renunciations that men have unwisely called virtue, as much as…†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)
- In one point he was more fortunate than the novel's fantastic hero.†
Chpt 11 (definition 2)
- The hero of the wonderful novel that had so influenced his life had himself known this curious fancy.†
Chpt 11 (definition 2)
- "She is still decolletee," he answered, taking an olive in his long fingers; "and when she is in a very smart gown she looks like an edition de luxe of a bad French novel.†
Chpt 15 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (novel as in: a novel situation) new and original -- typically something considered good
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, novel is used as a noun to refer to work of fiction that is published as a book. In the form novelty, the word can refer to an inexpensive, mass-produced item of interest such as a toy, trinket, or item given away to advertise.