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A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

Project Gutenberg #244 · EN · 43,427 words · ingested 26 May 2026

Hues

  • Algo: cool tone, rich vocabulary, measured rhythm
  • LLM: stark, crimson-tinged, methodical yet lurid
  • 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
44,049
Sentences
2,711
Mean sentence length
16.2 words (std 10.4, p50 15, p90 30)
MTLD (vocab richness)
99.0
Type-token ratio
0.128
Commas / 1k
67.2
Periods / 1k
55.2
Semicolons / 1k
2.4
Colons / 1k
0.3
Question marks / 1k
4.7
Exclamation marks / 1k
1.9
Em-dashes / 1k
2.9
Parentheses / 1k
0.2

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