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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Novellas. The "fun-size" version of novels.

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What is the difference between a novel and a novella?

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We'll nix choice (D) first.

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If there were no difference between novels and novellas, we probably wouldn't need

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two different words--no matter what the Italians say.

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We can trim away the other incorrect answers by simply knowing that novellas are shorter than novels.

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Quick tip: never read a novella while doing any literal trimming.

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Choice (B) seems to think that novellas are longer, so it's out of the running for sure.

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We can infer that (C) is incorrect as well.

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An author might be able to shove more characters in a novella than in a novel, but it would

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probably be uncomfortable for everyone involved.

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We need look no further than choice (A), which recognizes that the novella is indeed shorter

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and less complicated than its big brother, the novel.

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We wonder if there's ever any sibling rivalry between the two.

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