a novel with a very contrived plot
1novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <… …
2Dune (novel) — Dune   First e …
3Curtain (novel) — Curtain: Poirot s Last Case   …
4Spies (novel) — infobox Book | name = Spies title orig = translator = author = Michael Frayn cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Faber Faber release date = 1 April 2002 media type = Print (Hardback… …
5Maisie Dobbs (novel) — Maisie Dobbs   …
6A Contract with God — This article is about A Contract with God, the graphic novel. There is also an article on the form of covenant a Contract With God. Infobox Book name = A Contract with God title orig = translator = image caption = A Contract With God 2001 DC… …
7Leonora (novel) — infobox Book | name = Leonora title orig = translator = image caption = author = Maria Edgeworth illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Epistolary novel publisher = release date = 1806 english… …
8Daughter of Darkness (novel) — Daughter of Darkness is a 1973 psychological thriller written by Jan and Robert Lowell, a husband and wife who use the joint pseudonym J.R. Lowell.[1] Plot A young woman named Willamina Willie Connolly is the daughter of a prosperous New York… …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …
