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The Complete Short Stories, Volume Two # SSC
Dahl, Roald
literary fiction
absurdist comedy
past tense
third limited POV
~875 pp
Vibe
absurdist
deadpan
whimsical
A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, intimate scope. Plot-driven. Contains notable humor.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
60
externalintrospective
Ending
40
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
30%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 218,681 |
| Page count | ~875 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |