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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
Murphy, Jim
historical fiction
historical nonfiction
past tense
third limited POV
~153 pp
Vibe
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
Content
Sexual content
0%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 38,161 |
| Page count | ~153 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |