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Crooked House

Dame Agatha Christie
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mystery classic whodunit past tense third limited POV ~227 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense melancholic gothic

A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable romance.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count56,822
Page count~227 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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