All 4 Uses of
novel
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- They have not got the charm of novelty.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1) *
- "I should think the novelty of the emotion must have given you a thrill of real pleasure, Dorian," interrupted Lord Henry.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- 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 realize 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 8 (definition 2)
- The hero of the dangerous novel that had so influenced his life had himself had this curious fancy.†
Chpt 9 (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.