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Cold Mountain

Frazier, Charles
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historical fiction civil war epic past tense third limited POV ~653 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic lyrical bleak

A dark historical fiction. Expect dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 45
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 35%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 45%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count163,271
Page count~653 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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