Longitude 📖

Longitude

Dava Sobel
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historical fiction historical nonfiction past tense third limited POV ~166 pp

Vibe

determined technical gritty

A historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 20%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count41,590
Page count~166 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited