All 5 Uses of "novel" in "The Sun Also Rises"

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The Sun Also Rises
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That winter Robert Cohn went over to America with his novel, and it was accepted by a fairly good publisher.†
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novel = new and original
The publishers had praised his novel pretty highly and it rather went to his head.†
Book 1.2

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He wrote a novel, and it was not really such a bad novel as the critics later called it, although it was a very poor novel.†
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He wrote a novel, and it was not really such a bad novel as the critics later called it, although it was a very poor novel.†
Book 1.1
He wrote a novel, and it was not really such a bad novel as the critics later called it, although it was a very poor novel.†
Book 1.1

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(1) (novel as in: a novel situation)
new and original -- typically something considered good
(2) (meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus)
More commonly, novel is used as a noun to refer to a 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.