The classical nova V339 Del 2013 is characterized by a 1.5 mag dip of the V light curve owing to a dust shell formation, during which soft X-ray emissions coexist. We present Str\"omgren y band light curve, which represents continuum emission, not influenced by strong [O III] emission lines. The y light curve monotonically decreases in marked contrast to the V light curve that shows a 1.5 mag dip. We propose a multiwavelength light curve model that reproduces the y and V light curves as well as the gamma-ray and X-ray light curves. In our model, a strong shock arises far outside the photosphere after optical maximum, because later ejected matter collides with earlier ejected gas. Our shocked shell model explains optical emission lines, Hα, hard X-ray, and gamma-ray fluxes. A dust shell forms behind the shock that suppresses [O III]. This low flux of [O III] shapes a 1.5 mag drop in the V light curve. Then, the V flux recovers by increasing contribution from [O III] lines, while the y flux does not. However, the optical depth of the dust shell is too small to absorb the photospheric (X-ray) emission of the white dwarf. This is the reason that a dust shell and a soft X-ray radiation coexist. We determined the white dwarf mass to be MWD=1.25± 0.05~M_ and the distance modulus in the V band to be (m-M)V=12.2 ± 0.2; the distance is d= 2.1± 0.2 kpc for the reddening of $E(B-V)=0.18$.
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