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The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler
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mystery hardboiled detective fiction past tense first POV ~267 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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noir tense cynical

A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count66,793
Page count~267 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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