A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book.[1] The
English word to describe such a work derives from the Italian: novella for "new", "news", or "short story
(of
something new)", itself from the Latin: novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus,
diminutive of novus, meaning "new".[2] According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and
comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel,
Medieval Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella
📖
Read on jotterpad