Though possibly original it is less than novel (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
short story
'novel' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for short story that I've seen before include "That's hardly novel" , "not much material to take in" , "little romance, say?" , "account limited by definition" , "Novella" .)