Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to multiple plots (allotments of land).
  • adjective Of or pertaining to multiple plots (dramatical structures).

Etymologies

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multi- +‎ plot

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Examples

  • The first great multiplot novel in English — and maybe the greatest ever — tells the story of a young woman who longs to be useful as it reminds us that “that there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.”

    2009 July « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • I was trying to write a big, multiplot book, work full - and overtime, had a daughter and her family living with me, and many other responsibilities – and got seriously derailed on the novel.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Gut Check 2010

  • The first great multiplot novel in English — and maybe the greatest ever — tells the story of a young woman who longs to be useful as it reminds us that “that there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.”

    2009 July 28 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • The first great multiplot novel in English — and maybe the greatest ever — tells the story of a young woman who longs to be useful as it reminds us that “that there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.”

    One-Sentence Reviews of New and Classic Novels Recently Reviewed on This Site « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • A young woman's wish to be useful leads to a romantic mismatch in the first great multiplot novel in English.

    2009 February 03 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • The first great multiplot novel in English tells the wonderful story of a young woman who longs to be useful as it develops the theme that “that there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.”

    2006 October « One-Minute Book Reviews 2006

  • The first great multiplot novel in English tells the wonderful story of a young woman who longs to be useful as it develops the theme that “that there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.”

    Books in a Sentence « One-Minute Book Reviews 2006

  • The first great multiplot novel in English tells the wonderful story of a young woman who longs to be useful as it develops the theme that “that there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.”

    2006 October 28 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2006

  • Nalo Hopkinson's The Salt Roads is a multiplot fantasy-cum-historical novel, featuring Ezili, a Haitian goddess; Jeanne Duval, the mistress of Charles Baudelaire; Mer, a slave on Saint Domingue later Haiti; and Thais/Meritet, the "real" Saint Mary of Egypt.

    The Little Professor: 2006

  • Nalo Hopkinson's The Salt Roads is a multiplot fantasy-cum-historical novel, featuring Ezili, a Haitian goddess; Jeanne Duval, the mistress of Charles Baudelaire; Mer, a slave on Saint Domingue later Haiti; and Thais/Meritet, the "real" Saint Mary of Egypt.

    The Salt Roads 2006

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