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Dubliners

Joyce James
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literary fiction modernist fiction past tense third limited POV ~288 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic lyrical atmospheric

A slow-burn literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Contains notable romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 20%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count71,965
Page count~288 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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