Title given to James novel (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
lord jim
'novel' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'title given to james' is the wordplay.
'title' becomes 'lord' (I have seen 'Noble title ' mean 'lord' so perhaps 'title' could also mean 'lord').
'given to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'james' becomes 'jim' (short for James).
'lord'+'jim'='LORD JIM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lord jim that I've seen before include "Joseph Conrad novel" , "Conrad's 'noble' hero, novel" , "Book by Joseph Conrad" , "a hero to some readers" .)