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The Prince of Tides

Conroy, Pat
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literary fiction southern gothic family saga past tense third limited POV ~1,012 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic oppressive lyrical

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count252,958
Page count~1,012 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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