novela
novel.
One part of a novel or long text may be read in order to whet the listeners' appetites for reading the book themselves.
de novela barata
novelettish
Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.
de novela sentimental
novelettish
Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.
escritor de novela romántica
romantic novelist
Romantic novelists have a quality of imagination which is creative in this extraordinarily limited yet highly popular field.
escritor de novelas
fiction writer
And like fiction writers, they will attempt to imbue them with life and meaning and value for the people who are investing their thoughts and time in their analysis.
escritor de novelas de misterio
mystery writer
The article 'Elmore Leonard's legman' describes the work of Gregg Sutter, the full time researcher of the US mystery writer Elmore Leonard.
novela a duro
dime and nickel novel
Beadle and Adams of New York's 'dime and nickel novels' included both new books and pirated English novels retailing as paperbacks at 10 cents a volume.
novela alemana que trata del desarrollo de la personalidad
bildungsroman
The moral of this trivial bildungsroman seems to be 'conformity brings happiness'.
novela barata
novelette
This philosophic novelette dramatizes the conflict between love and reason in the education of the young, showing the disastrous effects of a rigidly scientific pedagogy.
novela bélica
war story
Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.
novela contemporánea
contemporary romance
In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
novela corta
novella
novelette
This is a novella about the murder of a gay soldier at Fort Bragg.
This philosophic novelette dramatizes the conflict between love and reason in the education of the young, showing the disastrous effects of a rigidly scientific pedagogy.
novela de amor
love story
love fiction
Librarians may group novels of a certain type together, eg all the love stories, all the westerns, all the detective stories, all the historical novels, and so on.
Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis - these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
novela de animales
animal story
Animal stories are more popular with girls than boys.
novela de aventuras
adventure story
At the other end of the continuum is the form of hack writing typified by the poorest quality of adventure stories (often mildly pornographic).
novela de caballería [Balada que relata las hazañas de un caballero]
chivalric romance
chivalric novel
Secondly there were the chivalric romances, composed between the mediaeval period and the seventeenth century.
A clear pattern of innovation and survival was indeed found, with the chivalric novel continuing to be popular, and the classic religious texts falling away.
novela de ciencia ficción
science fiction novel
The article 'Future tense: science fiction confronts the new science' reviews recent science fiction novels for young adults that deal with artificial intelligence, robotics and genetic engineering.
novela de deporte
sports novel
Naturally, one thinks of sports novels in the gym and biographies of scientists in the labs.
novela de época
period novel
The symbol for easy reading historical and period novels would be F8a.
novela de espionaje
spy fiction
spy novel
spy story
This article advises readers on choosing spy and crime fiction.
It may seem superficially that one book on cookery is just like another or that one modern spy novel is really no different from six others of that genre, but this is not so.
This type of book, well exemplified by the romantic novel and the modern spy/adventure story of the James Bond type, is written for entertainment and escapism.
novela de fantasía
fantasy novel
The author studies the main features of Andre Malraux's early quasi surrealist fantasy novel: Le Royaume Farfelu (Kingdom of the bizarre).
novela del oeste
western
western story
If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis - these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
novela de misterio
mystery romance
mystery story
mystery book
mystery novel
In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis - these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
The author surveys current mystery books, a category that seems to have weathered the bumpy ride which most publishers have recently been suffering.
The author reports on the success of regional mystery novels in the USA in recent years.
novela de suspense
thriller
He admitted he read glossy modern thrillers in which the heroes are always taking three fingers of rye and the blonde heroines are voluptuous in bar after bar.
novela de terror
horror story
terror novel
This article discusses briefly the influence of the cinema on children's horror stories.
Gericault's paintings of severed heads and limbs explored the taste for the macabre and uncanny rampant in the popular terror novels of his time.
novela de vaqueros
cowboy story
Detective and cowboy stories can be reasonably regarded as an offshoot from the mainstream of fiction.
novela en tres volúmenes [Modo de denominar a las novelas publicadas en el siglo XIX que solían tener una extensión de tres volúmenes]
three-decker
The physical dimensions of novels then tended to increase, and during the 1820s a standard form of three substantial volumes - the three-decker as it was later nicknamed - became established, and dominated the production of English fiction in book form from the 1830s to the 1880s.
novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés
formula fiction
The article 'Why girls flock to Sweet Valley High' investigates the appeal to girls of adolescent romances and what, if anything, could be done to broaden the reading habits of such fans of formula fiction.
novela gótica
Gothic novel
There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
novela gráfica [Comic con encuadernación en rústica de calidad]
graphic novel
Like European and Japanese prototypes, these new-wave comic books may appear in magazine or quality paperback format, often called 'graphic novels'.
novela histórica
historical fiction
historical novel
historical romance
I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.
Librarians may group novels of a certain type together, eg all the love stories, all the westerns, all the detective stories, all the historical novels, and so on.
In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
novela literaria
literary novel
Literary novels do not set out simply to entertain and give enjoyment; indeed they can be tremendously depressing.
novela negra
crime fiction
crime novel
This article advises readers on choosing spy and crime fiction.
She plays Sarah Morton, a prim and proper British author who has written a successful series of crime novels.
novela para adolescentes
adolescent romance
Research has been conducted to investigate the appeal to girls, of adolescent romances such as 'Sweet Valley High'.
novela policíaca
detective novel
crime fiction
crime novel
thriller
However, some readers frame their fiction requests differently and may say, 'I like to read detective novels'.
This article advises readers on choosing spy and crime fiction.
She plays Sarah Morton, a prim and proper British author who has written a successful series of crime novels.
He admitted he read glossy modern thrillers in which the heroes are always taking three fingers of rye and the blonde heroines are voluptuous in bar after bar.
novela por entregas [Novela publicada en partes durante el siglo XIX]
part-issue
The success of the shilling part-issues of the 1840s prompted the appearance of shilling magazines carrying two or three serialized novels in each monthly number, and these in turn recaptured the bulk of the serial fiction market from the part-issues during the 1860s.
novela romántica
romantic novel
romance story
romance novel
romance fiction
Its popularity is attested to by its enormous sales which clearly indicate that for many women a new romantic novel is worth the outlay of a certain sum of money.
Jane Austen's novels, for example, are often read simply as historical romance stories.
This article discusses the place of teenage romance novels in the school library.
Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis - these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
novela rosa
romantic fiction
romance
If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
Librarians should view teenage romances not as a 2nd-best literature but as valuable books in themselves.
novela rosa Harlequín [Tipo de novela rosa americana]
Harlequin Romance novel
Seventy-two women from the ages of 18 to 70 read a Harlequin Romance novel by Sue Byfield.
novelas de horror
horror fiction
Horror fiction has been slated by book reviewers and a similar prejudice among librarians could explain its under-representation in library stocks.
novela sentimental
novelette
This philosophic novelette dramatizes the conflict between love and reason in the education of the young, showing the disastrous effects of a rigidly scientific pedagogy.
novela seriada [Novela publicada en partes durante el siglo XIX] [Novela publicada en partes] [Novela publicada en partes]
part-issue
serialised novel
serialised novel
The success of the shilling part-issues of the 1840s prompted the appearance of shilling magazines carrying two or three serialized novels in each monthly number, and these in turn recaptured the bulk of the serial fiction market from the part-issues during the 1860s.
The success of the shilling part-issues of the 1840s prompted the appearance of shilling magazines carrying two or three serialized novels in each monthly number, and these in turn recaptured the bulk of the serial fiction market from the part-issues during the 1860s.
The success of the shilling part-issues of the 1840s prompted the appearance of shilling magazines carrying two or three serialized novels in each monthly number, and these in turn recaptured the bulk of the serial fiction market from the part-issues during the 1860s.
novela seriada a un real [Novela publicada en partes durante el siglo XIX]
shilling part-issue
The success of the shilling part-issues of the 1840s prompted the appearance of shilling magazines carrying two or three serialized novels in each monthly number, and these in turn recaptured the bulk of the serial fiction market from the part-issues during the 1860s.
novela sobre hospitales [Narración inventada cuya trama se desarrolla en un centro médico]
hospital romance
In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
novelas o libros que se compran en el supermercado/kiosko
self-help
Should we ignore the major trade publishers for almost everything except genre fiction, blockbusters, popular self-help, celebrity biographies and exposés?.
novela temática [Novela cuyo contenido gira en torno a un tema de interés, generalmente por su conflictividad]
thematic novel
Think, for example, of many of the thematic novels about moral conflict published during the past twenty years.
