1 novel 指長篇小說。
I finished reading the novel in a week. 我用一個星期時間讀完了這部小說。
It took him ten years to write the historical novel . 寫這部歷史小說用了他10年時間。
2 story 指故事、短篇小說。
That is a funny story . 那是一則有趣的故事。
Grandma often told us interesting stories on summer evenings. 夏天的晚上,奶奶常常給我們講有趣的故事。
3 tale 指故事、傳說,帶有童話性質(zhì),“童話”叫a fairy tale 。
It is a book of fairy tales . 這是一本童話故事書。