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A Handful of Dust

Waugh, Evelyn
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literary fiction social comedy of manners past tense third limited POV ~293 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic ironic lyrical

A slow-burn literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 20%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count73,314
Page count~293 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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