How many words does a novel have? A short story. A novel?
There was no fixed standard for the length of a novel. It usually depended on the complexity of the plot, the number of characters, the complexity of the characters 'personalities, and the depth of the novel's theme. Short stories usually have a few hundred to a few thousand words, mainly to attract the reader's attention and provide a short story. A long novel was usually longer. The number of words ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of words. It was a high level of novel creation. It required the author to have a rich imagination and creative skills, as well as good narrative skills and rhythm control. The length of a novel was not the only standard to measure the quality of a novel. Different reader groups would have different preferences for the length and word count of a novel.
