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The Red and the Black Catherine Slater tr

Stendhal
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literary fiction psychological drama past tense third limited POV ~857 pp
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psychological passionate obsessive

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

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count214,195
Page count~857 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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