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The Bean Trees

Kingsolver, Barbara
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literary fiction contemporary fiction past tense first POV ~335 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic lyrical earnest

A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count83,718
Page count~335 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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