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A '''novel''' is a long, fictional [[book]], almost always divided into smaller units, or chapters. The word has the same origin as the word "novel" meaning new. Therefore, it can be said that a "new novel" is a [[tautology]].
 
A '''novel''' is a long, fictional [[book]], almost always divided into smaller units, or chapters. The word has the same origin as the word "novel" meaning new. Therefore, it can be said that a "new novel" is a [[tautology]].
  
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The first modern European novel was ''Don Quixote de La Mancha'' (1605), written in Spanish by Miguel de Cervantes.
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The eleventh century ''[[The Tale of Genji]]'', by Japanese author [[Murasaki Shikibu]], has been described as the world's first novel.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190814-the-tale-of-genji-the-worlds-first-novel "The Tale of Genji: The world’s first novel?"]</ref> The first modern European novel was ''Don Quixote de La Mancha'' (1605), written in Spanish by Miguel de Cervantes.
  
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A very short novel is sometimes called a "novella."
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A very short novel (say between 20,000 and 50,000 words) is sometimes called a "[[novella]]." Joseph Conrad's ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'', consisting of about 38,000 words, is an example.
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== Word length of long novels ==
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Here are the word lengths of notable long novels:<ref>https://blog.fostergrant.co.uk/2017/08/03/word-counts-popular-books-world/</ref>
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*''[[Les Miserables]]'', by Victor Hugo – 530,982 words
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*Bleak House, by Charles Dickens – 360,947 words
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*Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens – 183,349 words
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*War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy – 561,304 words
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*Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy – 349,736 words
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*Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell – 418,053 words
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*''[[Moby Dick]]'', by Herman Melville – 206,052 words
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*For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway – 174,106 words
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*Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë – 183,858 words
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*Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen – 126,194 words
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*Catch-22, by Joseph Heller – 174,269 words
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*Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand – 561,996 words
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*''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', by Fyodor Dostoyevsky – 211,591 words
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*''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', by John Steinbeck – 169,481 words
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*''Ulysses'', by James Joyce – 265,222 words
  
 
==American==
 
==American==
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* [[William S. Burroughs]]
 
* [[William S. Burroughs]]
 
* [[James Michener]]
 
* [[James Michener]]
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==Irish==
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*[[James Joyce]]
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*[[Samuel Beckett]]
  
 
==French==
 
==French==
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*‘’Red and Black’’, (‘’Le Rouge et le Noir’’), [[Stendhal]] (1830)
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* ‘’Red and Black’’, (‘’Le Rouge et le Noir’’), [[Stendhal]] (1830)
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*‘’Pierre Goriot‘’, (‘’Le Père Goriot’’),  [[Honoré de Balzac]] (1835)
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* ‘’Pierre Goriot‘’, (‘’Le Père Goriot’’),  [[Honoré de Balzac]] (1835)
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*''The Count of Monte-Cristo’’, (‘’Le Comte de Monte-Cristo’’), [[Alexandre Dumas]] (1844)
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* ''The Count of Monte-Cristo’’, (‘’Le Comte de Monte-Cristo’’), [[Alexandre Dumas]] (1844)
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*‘’Madame Bovary’’ [[Gustave Flaubert]] (1857)
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* ‘’Madame Bovary’’ [[Gustave Flaubert]] (1857)
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* ''Les Misérables'', Victor Hugo (1862)
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* ''Les Misérables'', Victor Hugo (1862)
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*‘’Voyage to the Centre of the Earth’’ (‘’Voyage Au Centre de la Terre’’), [[Jules Verne]] (1864)
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* ‘’Voyage to the Centre of the Earth’’ (‘’Voyage Au Centre de la Terre’’), [[Jules Verne]] (1864)
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*‘’Germinal’’, [[Emile Zola]] (1877).
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* ‘’Germinal’’, [[Emile Zola]] (1877).
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*‘’Green Wheat’’ (‘’Le Blé en Herbe,’’) [[Colette]] (1923).
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* ‘'Green Wheat’’ (‘’Le Blé en Herbe,’’) [[Colette]] (1923).
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*‘’In Search of Lost Time‘’ (‘’A la Recherche du Temps Perdu’’), [[Marcel Proust]] (1927)
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* ‘’In Search of Lost Time‘’ (‘’A la Recherche du Temps Perdu’’), [[Marcel Proust]] (1927)
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*‘’Journey to the Edge of the Night'' (‘’Voyage au bout de la nuit’’), [[Céline]] (1932)
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* ‘’Journey to the Edge of the Night'' (‘’Voyage au bout de la nuit’’), [[Céline]] (1932)
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*‘’Nausea’’ (‘’La Nausée’’), [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] (1938)
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* ''Nausea’’ (‘’La Nausée’'), [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] (1938)
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* ''The Plague'' (''La Peste'') [[Albert Camus]] (1947)
  
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==Russian==
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*[[Leo Tolstoy]]
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*[[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]
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*[[Boris Pasternak]]
  
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==German==
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*[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
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*[[Thomas Mann]]
  
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==British==
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*[[Daniel Defoe]]
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*[[Henry Fielding]]
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*[[Jane Austen]]
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*[[Walter Scott]]
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*[[Charlotte Brontë]]
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*[[Emily Brontë]]
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*[[Charles Dickens]]
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*[[George Eliot]]
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*[[Thomas Hardy]]
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*[[George Gissing]]
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*[[Joseph Conrad]]
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*[[Dorothy Richardson]]
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*[[Virginia Woolf]]
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*[[D. H. Lawrence]]
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*[[John Cowper Powys]]
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*[[Aldous Huxley]]
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*[[George Orwell]]
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*[[Graham Greene]]
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==Canadian<ref>[https://www.thefamouspeople.com/canadian-novelists.php "Famous Canadian novelists]</ref>==
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*[[Margaret Laurence]]
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*[[Margaret Atwood]]
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*[[Michael Ondaatje]]
 
[[Category:Literature]]
 
[[Category:Literature]]
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==See also==
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*[https://blog.fostergrant.co.uk/2017/08/03/word-counts-popular-books-world/ Word counts of popular books]
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:16, February 11, 2023

A novel is a long, fictional book, almost always divided into smaller units, or chapters. The word has the same origin as the word "novel" meaning new. Therefore, it can be said that a "new novel" is a tautology.

The eleventh century The Tale of Genji, by Japanese author Murasaki Shikibu, has been described as the world's first novel.[1] The first modern European novel was Don Quixote de La Mancha (1605), written in Spanish by Miguel de Cervantes.

A very short novel (say between 20,000 and 50,000 words) is sometimes called a "novella." Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, consisting of about 38,000 words, is an example.

Word length of long novels

Here are the word lengths of notable long novels:[2]

  • Bleak House, by Charles Dickens – 360,947 words
  • Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens – 183,349 words
  • War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy – 561,304 words
  • Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy – 349,736 words
  • Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell – 418,053 words
  • Moby Dick, by Herman Melville – 206,052 words
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway – 174,106 words
  • Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë – 183,858 words
  • Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen – 126,194 words
  • Catch-22, by Joseph Heller – 174,269 words
  • Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand – 561,996 words
  • Ulysses, by James Joyce – 265,222 words

American

Irish

French

  • ‘’Red and Black’’, (‘’Le Rouge et le Noir’’), Stendhal (1830)
  • ‘’Pierre Goriot‘’, (‘’Le Père Goriot’’), Honoré de Balzac (1835)
  • The Count of Monte-Cristo’’, (‘’Le Comte de Monte-Cristo’’), Alexandre Dumas (1844)
  • ‘’Madame Bovary’’ Gustave Flaubert (1857)
  • Les Misérables, Victor Hugo (1862)
  • ‘’Voyage to the Centre of the Earth’’ (‘’Voyage Au Centre de la Terre’’), Jules Verne (1864)
  • ‘’Germinal’’, Emile Zola (1877).
  • ‘'Green Wheat’’ (‘’Le Blé en Herbe,’’) Colette (1923).
  • ‘’In Search of Lost Time‘’ (‘’A la Recherche du Temps Perdu’’), Marcel Proust (1927)
  • ‘’Journey to the Edge of the Night (‘’Voyage au bout de la nuit’’), Céline (1932)
  • Nausea’’ (‘’La Nausée’'), Jean-Paul Sartre (1938)
  • The Plague (La Peste) Albert Camus (1947)

Russian

German

British

Canadian[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Tale of Genji: The world’s first novel?"
  2. ↑ https://blog.fostergrant.co.uk/2017/08/03/word-counts-popular-books-world/
  3. ↑ "Famous Canadian novelists
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