#novel  a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
  supertype:  fiction  a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
  subtype:  detective_novel__detectivenovel__mystery_novel__mysterynovel  novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end
  subtype:  dime_novel__penny_dreadful__pennydreadful  a melodramatic paperback novel
  subtype:  novelette__novella  a short novel
  subtype:  roman_a_clef__romanaclef  a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters
  subtype:  romance  a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
     subtype:  Gothic_romance  a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events
  subtype:  roman_fleuve__romanfleuve  a French novel in the form of a long chronicle of a family or other social group

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