Cold Mountain 📖

Cold Mountain

Frazier, Charles
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historical fiction civil war epic past tense third limited POV ~653 pp

Vibe

melancholic lyrical bleak

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

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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