novel

narrative text, normally of a substantial length and in the form of prose describing a fictional and sequential story
Thing literary_form Q8261
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A novel is a literary form[1].

novel

Summary

novel is a literary form[1]. novel ranks in the top 5% of literary_form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,280 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • novel's instance of is recorded as literary form[3].
  • novel is a type of work of fiction[4].
  • novel is a type of narration[5].
  • novel is a type of prose[6].
  • novel is a type of narrative mode[7].
  • novel is part of novel sequence[8].
  • novel's Commons category is recorded as Novels[9].
  • novel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Novel[10].
  • novel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Novels[11].
  • novel's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Novels[12].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • novel's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[21].
  • novel's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Novel[22].
  • novel's name in kana is recorded as ちょうへんしょうせつ[23].
  • novel's different from is recorded as short novel[24].
  • novel's different from is recorded as novella[25].
  • novel's different from is recorded as xiaoshuo[26].
  • novel's different from is recorded as Riwaya[27].

Body

Definition and Type

novel's instance of is recorded as literary form[3]. Recorded subclass of include work of fiction[4], narration[5], prose[6], and narrative mode[7].

Use and Application

novel is part of novel sequence[8].

Why It Matters

novel ranks in the top 5% of literary_form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,280 views/month).[2] novel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] novel is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . owlcation.com. owlcation.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . lalanguefrancaise.com. Retrieved . lalanguefrancaise.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of literary form
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1896, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 4d ago · Nelly-claire EVA · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by novelist
    Topic's main wikimedia portal Portal:Novels
    Different from short novel, novella, xiaoshuo +1
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, WikiProject Narration, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q7725634]]"
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