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Beautiful and Damned

F Scott Fitzgerald
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literary fiction modernist tragedy past tense third limited POV ~562 pp
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melancholic decadent existential

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable romance, sexual content.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count140,537
Page count~562 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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