Novel

Novel is a written and narrative work of prose fiction; usually in the form of stories. The novel writer is called a novelist. The word novel comes from Italian novella which means "a story, a piece of news".

Novels are longer (at least 40,000 words) and more complex than short stories, and are not limited to structural and metric limitations of plays or poetry. Generally a novel tells about characters and their behavior in everyday life, focusing on the strange sides of the narrative.

Novel in Indonesian is distinguished from romance. A romance storyline is more complex and the number of characters or story characters is also more numerous. The magazine is a periodic publication containing various articles on various subjects.