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Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck
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contemporary fiction regional humor past tense third limited POV ~233 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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lyrical ironic folksy

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count58,145
Page count~233 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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