A novella is a story that sits in the middle: longer than a short story, shorter than a full novel. There is no exact page number everyone agrees on, but you can often read one in an evening.

A novella中篇小說 is是 a story that sits in the middle一種介於中間的故事， longer than a short story比短篇小說長， shorter than a full novel比完整的長篇小說短。There is no exact page number everyone agrees onThere is no exact page number everyone agrees on（沒有一個大家都同意的確切頁數）, but you can often read one in an evening但你通常一個晚上就能讀完一本。

Because it is shorter, a novella usually follows fewer people and one main problem; it does not have room for a novel’s many side plots.

Because it is shorter因為比較短， a novella usually follows fewer people and one main problem中篇小說通常只跟著較少的人物和一個主要問題； it does not have room for a novel's many side plots容不下長篇小說裡那麼多的支線劇情。

Writers and publishers use the word; in ordinary talk people more often say “a short novel” or just name the book. Though actually English borrowed it from Italian, and it is a close cousin of novel — two English words that came from the same older word by different roads.

Writers and publishers use the word作家和出版社會用這個字； in ordinary talk平常說話時， people more often say a short novel大家比較常說「短篇長篇小說」， or just name the book或者直接說書名。Though actually不過其實 English borrowed it from Italian英文是從義大利文借來這個字的， and而且 it is a close cousin of novel它跟 novel 是近親—— two English words that came from the same older word by different roads這兩個英文字是從同一個更早的字經由不同途徑演變而來的。