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novel

/ˈnɑvəl/ adjective B1
  1. Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
  2. Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
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I read of a girl once in a novel who had a lifelong sorrow but it wasn’t red hair.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 22 · C1
When I was a girl I wasn’t so much as allowed to look at a novel.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 247 · C1
“Oh, how can you call Ben Hur a novel when it’s really such a religious book?” protested Anne.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 247 · C1
After struggling against it until two in the morning, I felt that it was quite hopeless, so I rose and lit the candle with the intention of continuing a novel which I was reading.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · B2

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