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The Great Train Robbery

Crichton, Michael
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historical fiction crime thriller past tense third limited POV ~308 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense gritty clever

A historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count77,048
Page count~308 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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