novel

C1074
concept
Top #19 by instance count (12,396)

A novel is a long, fictional narrative in prose that explores characters, events, and themes over an extended, often complex plot.

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All labels observed (193)

Label Occurrences
novel canonical 6,965
literary work 2,572
historical novel 311

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: novel
Generated description
A novel is a long, fictional narrative in prose that explores characters, events, and themes over an extended, often complex plot.

Instances (9,324)

Instance Via concept surface
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon —
Forest of the Pygmies —
Inés of My Soul —
Island Beneath the Sea —
Maya's Notebook —
Rats Saw God —
Slave Day —
Green Thumb —
The Japanese Lover —
A Long Petal of the Sea —
Violeta —
Sutter’s Gold —
L’Or —
L’Homme foudroyé —
À se tordre literary work
Le Coffret de santal literary work
Le Coffret de santal, 1873
surface form: Le Coffret de santal
literary work
Le Collier de griffes, 1908
surface form: Le Collier de griffes
literary work
Rudin —
Home of the Gentry —
On the Eve —
A Sportsman’s Sketches literary work
De ziekte der geleerden literary work
De mensch literary work
Eline Vere —
Noodlot —
Extaze —
De stille kracht —
Majesteit —
Metamorfose —
De komedianten —
De berg van licht —
Een vlucht regenwulpen —
Het woeden der gehele wereld —
De kroongetuige —
De aansprekers —
De zonnewijzer —
De vlieger —
De vrouw met de sleutel —
De nachtstemmer —
De som van misverstanden —
De unster —
De ortolaan —
De scheltopusik —
De droomkoningin —
De zonen van de zonen —
Wie God verlaat heeft niets te vrezen —
Het roer kan nog zesmaal om literary work
De groene weduwe —
De nakomer —