HELP ILL GIVE BRAINLIEST Which is the best definition for the word “novel” as it is used in this excerpt?
A. Long narrative story
B. Well-known and expected
C. New and not resembling something else
D. Original or striking in style
exerpt: During an intermission he went into the beautiful garden, where gay crowds were strolling among the flowers, and lights, and fountains. He had just seated himself at a little three-legged table, with a view to enjoying the novel scene, when his attention was attracted by a lovely woman, gowned strikingly, though in perfect taste, who passed near him, leaning on the arm of a gentleman.