An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 📖

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Murphy, Jim
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historical fiction historical nonfiction past tense third limited POV ~153 pp

Vibe

bleak desolate grim

A dark historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

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

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count38,161
Page count~153 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited