Novellas are short novels under 200 pages. There are many famous novellas by men (such as Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway). Here are some novellas by women, about women.
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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 26, 2016 08:56AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @Jyotsna
Although less pages than mentioned here, my edition of The Bell Jar (#6) is longer than 200 pages. And the one mentioned here even has 266 pages, according to GR. Your own description clearly says "Novellas are short novels under 200 pages" but you've voted for The Bell Jar anyway.... :-)


message 2: by Jyotsna (new)

Jyotsna Sreenivasan Well, it depends on which edition you have . . .


message 3: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 26, 2016 02:07PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Jyotsna wrote: "Well, it depends on which edition you have . . ."

I agree, totally. No offense, but as you are the first, and presently only, voter for this book, why didn't you put a 200 or less pages edition on the list? (All I could find for 200 pages or less are either e-books or translations, by the way).


message 4: by Whit (new)

Whit Booklovinglady wrote: "@Jyotsna
Although less pages than mentioned here, my edition of The Bell Jar (#6) is longer than 200 pages. And the one mentioned here even has 266 pages, according to GR. Your own desc..."


Agree. Bell Jar is much longer than a novella. Edith Warton wrote many more Novellas than the one listed. This truly isn't a great list.


message 5: by Jonathan (new)

Jonathan Thank you for putting this together.


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