All 29 Uses
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- He did not seem to know enough about the people in his novel.†
p. 127.3novel = new and original
- But the people in his novel massed against him.†
p. 142.1
- "I've read his novel," Cass said, "it's wonderful, you must read it."†
p. 167.6
- The typewriter keys moved sluggishly, striking with a dull, wet sound—moved, in fact, rather the way his novel moved, lifelessly, pushed forward, inch by inch by recalcitrant inch, almost entirely by the will.†
p. 317.1
- Sometimes, unable to reach her and unable to reach the people in his novel, he stalked out and walked the summer streets alone.†
p. 321.6 *
- Smoke poured from his nostrils and a detail that he needed for his novel, which he had been searching for for months, fell, neatly and vividly, like the tumblers of a lock, into place in his mind.†
p. 427.9
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- I've been working on my novel.†
p. 37.3
- "He's been working on a novel," said Cass to Leona, "ever since we've known him.†
p. 37.3
- —it's not the same novel he was working on before?†
p. 38.1
- Now, you haven't been working on a novel, why haven't you come by?†
p. 38.5
- He wouldn't read a murder novel, not if it was written by God almighty.'†
p. 75.5
- I was drinking too much and running around whoring when I should have been—being serious, like you, and getting my novel finished.†
p. 76.9
- How's it coming—your novel?†
p. 76.9
- Richard's novel was about to be published, and it promised to be very successful.†
p. 128.2
- But he had not had the courage to say this to Richard or to admit to himself that he would never have read the novel if Richard had not written it.†
p. 128.3
- He thought, I've got to finish that damn novel, and he thought, Oh, God, make her love me, oh God, let me love.†
p. 142.4
- And he suddenly remembered—it had gone entirely out of his mind—that this lunch was for the purpose of celebrating the publication of Richard's first novel.†
p. 147.4
- Richard's novel.†
p. 147.8
- When are you going to bring out your novel?†
p. 148.1
- The novel, you mean?†
p. 148.3
- A novel of murder, by Richard Silenski.†
p. 152.3
- A novel.†
p. 162.7
- My novel's about Brooklyn.†
p. 162.7
- "I've been trying to find out about your novel," Loring said, "but your young lady here is most cagey.†
p. 165.2
- Vivaldo recognized his name because the boy's first novel had just been published and he wanted to read it.†
p. 167.4
- "Yes," he said, "I am, it's a new novel, it's a love story."†
p. 168.6
- Good luck with your novel.†
p. 171.2
- He scarcely knew what his novel was about any longer, or why he had ever wished to write it, but he could not let it go.†
p. 317.1 *
- "The Dostoievski novel," said Cass.†
p. 327.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(novel as in: a novel situation) new and original -- typically something considered good
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(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.