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Angelas Ashes

Frank McCourt
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contemporary fiction poverty realism past tense first POV ~596 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic grim desperate

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count148,935
Page count~596 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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