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The Lesson of the Master

Henry James (1843–1916)

Project Gutenberg #898 · EN · 24,470 words · ingested 25 May 2026

Hues

  • Algo: warm tone, rich vocabulary, measured rhythm
  • LLM: cool, ironic, refined, contemplative distance
  • Crowd: not derived yet — placeholder colour
  • Blend: Blended 40% algorithmic + 60% llm

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Bar heights are the relative frequency of the 28 most common English function words — a small, stable per-book signature.

Stylometry

Words
25,588
Sentences
1,573
Mean sentence length
16.3 words (std 13.6, p50 12, p90 34)
MTLD (vocab richness)
88.5
Type-token ratio
0.138
Commas / 1k
51.3
Periods / 1k
46.3
Semicolons / 1k
6.7
Colons / 1k
3.0
Question marks / 1k
8.8
Exclamation marks / 1k
6.2
Em-dashes / 1k
18.1
Parentheses / 1k
1.1

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