A (part of a) newspaper or magazine that has articles on films, books, travel, famous people, etc

novel¹

Pronunciation /ˈnɒv(ə)l/ 

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NOUN

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  1A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
  

‘the novels of Jane Austen’

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   1.1the novelThe literary genre represented or exemplified by novels.
   

‘the novel is the most adaptable of all literary forms’

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Origin

Mid 16th century from Italian novella (storia) ‘new (story)’, feminine of novello ‘new’, from Latin novellus, from novus ‘new’. The word is also found from late Middle English until the 18th century in the sense ‘a novelty, a piece of news’, from Old French novelle (see novel).