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The Stone Angel

Margaret Laurence
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literary fiction contemporary fiction past tense first POV ~366 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic claustrophobic bleak

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count91,429
Page count~366 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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