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The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett
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mystery hardboiled detective fiction past tense third limited POV ~270 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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noir tense cynical

A dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and action-forward. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count67,403
Page count~270 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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