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Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes
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literary fiction psychological drama past tense first POV ~339 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic existential isolated

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 15
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count84,842
Page count~339 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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