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The road to Oz

Lyman Frank Baum
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fantasy children's fantasy adventure past tense third limited POV ~160 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

whimsical adventurous heartwarming

A hopeful fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding. Character-driven and action-forward. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable humor.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 75
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 30
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 20
externalintrospective
Ending 90
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 90%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count39,962
Page count~160 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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