full-length novel

collocation in English

meaningsoffull-lengthandnovel

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full-length
adjective
uk
/ˌfʊlˈleŋθ/
us
/ˌfʊlˈleŋθ/
A full-length mirror, curtain, or piece of clothing reaches ...
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novel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnɒv.əl/
us
/ˈnɑː.vəl/
a long printed story about imaginary characters ...
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She continued to write and her firstfull-lengthnovelwas published at the age of twenty.
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The two expanded the story into afull-lengthnovelof the same title, published in 1977.
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Unlike the three previous works, the book was afull-lengthnoveland featured darker elements than the earlier collections of short stories.
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It was expanded into afull-lengthnovelin 1958.
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The play was later developed into afull-lengthnovel.
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Thus, an author seeking to write afull-lengthnovelabout him must fill enormous gaps with guess-work.
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It is his firstfull-lengthnovel, and only major fictional work.
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Sara began writing at age 4, and wrote her firstfull-lengthnoveleight years later.
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There is a certain feeling of monotony inescapable in the regularity of the deaths which is better suited to a serialized newspaper story than afull-lengthnovel.
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James' decade-long apprenticeship in short narrative was starting to pay off, and he would soon begin his productive career in thefull-lengthnovel.
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It is also the firstfull-lengthnovelcombining historical fiction and the whodunit/detective story, a genre which would later come to be called the historical whodunit.
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It was his fourthfull-lengthnoveland marked a new direction in his work, setting the story several years in the future (to 1982) rather than in the recent past.
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It is her 9thfull-lengthnovel.
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He has published three full-length novels, five novellas, and more than sixty short stories.
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