All 7 Uses of
novel
in
The Fountainhead
- There is no freak exhibitionism here, no perverted striving for novelty, no orgy of unbridled egotism.†
Chpt 1.4 (definition 1)
- People don't trust novelty.†
Chpt 1.15 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two invaluable contributions to civilization—this tea ritual and the detective novel.†
Chpt 2.4 (definition 2)
- The rest included a woman who never used capitals in her books, and a man who never used commas; a youth who had written a thousand-page novel without a single letter o, and another who wrote poems that neither rhymed nor scanned; a man with a beard who was sophisticated and proved it by using every unprintable four-letter word in every ten pages of his manuscript; a woman who imitated Lois Cook, except that her style was less clear; when asked for explanations she stated that this was…†
Chpt 2.9 (definition 2)
- It's the title of a novel.†
Chpt 3.1 (definition 2)
- What kind of a novel?†
Chpt 3.1 (definition 2) *
- A dime novel?†
Chpt 4.7 (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.