All 12 Uses of
novel
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The change from the customary spot and necessary occasion of such an act—from the dressing hour in a bedroom to a time of travelling out of doors—lent to the idle deed a novelty it did not intrinsically possess.†
Chpt 1-3 (definition 1)
- "It was not exactly the fault of the hut," she observed in a tone which showed her to be that novelty among women—one who finished a thought before beginning the sentence which was to convey it.†
Chpt 1-3 (definition 1)
- It would be ungallant to suggest that the novelty of her engagement in such an occupation had almost as much to do with the magnetism as had the beauty of her face and movements.†
Chpt 10-12 (definition 1)
- Besides, Bathsheba's position as absolute mistress of a farm and house was a novel one, and the novelty had not yet begun to wear off.†
Chpt 19-21 (definition 1)
- Bathsheba's adventurous spirit was beginning to find some grains of relish in these highly novel proceedings.
Chpt 28-30 (definition 1) *novel = pleasantly new and original
- One source of her inadequacy is the novelty of the occasion.†
Chpt 28-30 (definition 1)
- To be shouted to at night was evidently less of a novelty to Susan Tall's husband than to Matthew Moon.†
Chpt 34-36 (definition 1)
- The flash was almost too novel for its inexpressibly dangerous nature to be at once realized, and they could only comprehend the magnificence of its beauty.
Chpt 37-39 (definition 1)novel = new and original
- At last he reached the summit, and a wide and novel prospect burst upon him with an effect almost like that of the Pacific upon Balboa's gaze.
Chpt 46-48 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- …from the bottom of his clothes-box, put on the light waistcoat patterned all over with sprigs of an elegant flower uniting the beauties of both rose and lily without the defects of either, and used all the hair-oil he possessed upon his usually dry, sandy, and inextricably curly hair, till he had deepened it to a splendidly novel colour, between that of guano and Roman cement, making it stick to his head like mace round a nutmeg, or wet seaweed round a boulder after the ebb.†
Chpt 4-6 (definition 2)
- Besides, Bathsheba's position as absolute mistress of a farm and house was a novel one, and the novelty had not yet begun to wear off.†
Chpt 19-21 (definition 2) *
- Gabriel was almost blinded, and he could feel Bathsheba's warm arm tremble in his hand—a sensation novel and thrilling enough; but love, life, everything human, seemed small and trifling in such close juxtaposition with an infuriated universe.†
Chpt 37-39 (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.