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Classic Collection (The Butterfly Lion; Kaspar; Born to Run; Running Wild; Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea; Farm Boy)

Morpurgo, Michael
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contemporary fiction historical fiction / adventure / survival past tense third limited POV ~844 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic adventurous traumatic

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count210,888
Page count~844 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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