Why is Of Mice and Men considered a Novella?

hi i am currently reading the book Of Mice and Men. It is a novella. But, i was wondering why is it a novella? and im not only talking about word amount or page lengthWhy is Of Mice and Men considered a Novella?
It is due to word count and length. It's about 100 or so pages I believe: therefore too long to be a short story yet too short to be considered a novel.





Great book anywayWhy is Of Mice and Men considered a Novella?
Good question. Officially a ';novella is between about 17000, and 45000 words. But that doesn't answer your question does it. Boccaccio's ';Decameron'; (1353) was to be a hundred short stories told by 7 women %26amp; 3 men. In the Italian 'novelle' really means short story, but it took on different terms after the ';Decameron'; and Chaucer's ';Canterbury Tales.';





A lot of writings that we think of as novels are actually classified as novella: Besides Steinbeck's, '; Of Mice and Men'; there is ';The Pearl,'; Melville's ';Billy Budd,'; Kafka's ';The Metamorphosis,'; Orwell's ';Animal Farm,'; Hemingway's ';The Old Man and the Sea,'; and ';Conrad's Heart of Darkness.';





So I'm not sure anyone can give you a concrete definition of a novella.
a novella originally meant ';little new thing'; (italian word) it is a considered longer than a short story, but not long enough to be a novel





novelle-is plural of novel
because it's short