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novel,
nearly always an extended fictional prose
narrative
, although some novels are very short, some are non‐fictional, some have been written in verse, and some do not even tell a story. Such exceptions help to indicate that the novel as a literary
genre
is itself exceptional: it disregards the constraints that govern other literary forms, and acknowledges no obligatory structure, style, or subject‐matter. Thriving on this openness and flexibility, the novel has become the most important literary genre of the modern age, superseding the
epic
, the
romance
, and other narrative forms. Novels can be distinguished from
short stories
and
novellas
by their greater length, ...
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