A19. Ratio of plot chapters to breather chapters. Both
Story and structure. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.
| Book | Genre | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Island | Thriller and adventure | 31 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 10.3 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps | Thriller and adventure | 10 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 10.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Thriller and adventure | 18 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Thriller and adventure | 30 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 7 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.3 plot chapters for each breather. |
| King Solomon's Mines | Thriller and adventure | 16 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Crime and mystery | 13 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 2 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 6.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| A Study in Scarlet | Crime and mystery | 10 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Crime and mystery | 11 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 11.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Moonstone | Crime and mystery | 42 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 14 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Woman in White | Crime and mystery | 47 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 5 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 9.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Pride and Prejudice | Romance | 42 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 19 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.2 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Persuasion | Romance | 17 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 7 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Emma | Romance | 31 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 24 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.3 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Jane Eyre | Romance | 32 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 6 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 5.3 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Dracula | Gothic and horror | 26 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 26.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Frankenstein | Gothic and horror | 21 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 7 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Gothic and horror | 10 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 10.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gothic and horror | 17 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 5.7 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Wuthering Heights | Gothic and horror | 32 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 2 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 16.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Turn of the Screw | Gothic and horror | 22 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 2 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 11.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Time Machine | Science fiction | 12 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The War of the Worlds | Science fiction | 23 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 5.8 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Invisible Man | Science fiction | 27 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 27.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Fantasy and children's | 9 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fantasy and children's | 11 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 13 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 0.8 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Secret Garden | Fantasy and children's | 17 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 10 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.7 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Wind in the Willows | Fantasy and children's | 9 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Great Expectations | Literary | 44 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 15 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.9 plot chapters for each breather. |
| A Christmas Carol | Literary | 4 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Great Gatsby | Literary | 9 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 9.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Heart of Darkness | Literary | 2 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Kidnapped | Thriller and adventure | 24 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 6 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Thriller and adventure | 108 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 9 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 12.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Three Musketeers | Thriller and adventure | 63 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 15.8 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Thriller and adventure | 21 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 7 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Thriller and adventure | 30 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 30.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Lost World | Thriller and adventure | 15 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 15.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Captain Blood | Thriller and adventure | 28 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 9.3 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Lady Audley's Secret | Crime and mystery | 36 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 5 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 7.2 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Crime and mystery | 4 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Innocence of Father Brown | Crime and mystery | 25 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 25.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Big Bow Mystery | Crime and mystery | 9 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Leavenworth Case | Crime and mystery | 34 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 5 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 6.8 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Red Thumb Mark | Crime and mystery | 13 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.2 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Amateur Cracksman | Crime and mystery | 16 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 16.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Secret Agent | Crime and mystery | 12 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 12.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Sense and Sensibility | Romance | 37 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 13 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.8 plot chapters for each breather. |
| North and South | Romance | 43 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 9 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.8 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Romance | 48 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 15 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.2 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Enchanted April | Romance | 13 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 9 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Sheik | Romance | 10 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 10.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Daddy Long Legs | Romance | 4 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 9 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 0.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Carmilla | Gothic and horror | 15 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 15.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Castle of Otranto | Gothic and horror | 5 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 5.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gothic and horror | 25 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 25.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Great God Pan | Gothic and horror | 8 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 8.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic and horror | 2 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Gothic and horror | 3 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | Science fiction | 20 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 2 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 10.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Science fiction | 29 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 15 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.9 plot chapters for each breather. |
| A Princess of Mars | Science fiction | 20 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 8 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Herland | Science fiction | 8 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Flatland | Science fiction | 15 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 10 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Erewhon | Science fiction | 21 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 8 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.6 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Last Man | Science fiction | 29 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 29.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Through the Looking Glass | Fantasy and children's | 6 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| A Little Princess | Fantasy and children's | 13 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 9 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Jungle Book | Fantasy and children's | 14 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.7 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Five Children and It | Fantasy and children's | 11 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 11.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Railway Children | Fantasy and children's | 13 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 13.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Princess and the Goblin | Fantasy and children's | 19 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 13 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Peter and Wendy | Fantasy and children's | 16 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 16.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Worm Ouroboros | Fantasy and children's | 49 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 7 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 7.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Anne of Green Gables | Fantasy and children's | 22 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 16 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Black Beauty | Fantasy and children's | 29 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 20 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Middlemarch | Literary | 68 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 19 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.6 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Literary | 48 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 11 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Mrs Dalloway | Literary | 15 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 6 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| To the Lighthouse | Literary | 25 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 12 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 2.1 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Anna Karenina | Literary | 145 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 94 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Crime and Punishment | Literary | 39 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 2 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 19.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Madame Bovary | Literary | 27 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 8 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.4 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Age of Innocence | Literary | 30 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 7.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Silas Marner | Literary | 13 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 8 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.6 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Literary | 35 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 9 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.9 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Hamlet | Plays | 17 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 5.7 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Macbeth | Plays | 26 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 26.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Romeo and Juliet | Plays | 15 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 10 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Othello | Plays | 12 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 1 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 12.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Plays | 5 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 1.2 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Twelfth Night | Plays | 14 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 4 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.5 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Doctor Faustus | Plays | 2 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 0.7 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Plays | 3 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| A Doll's House | Plays | 3 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Hedda Gabler | Plays | 4 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 4.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| Pygmalion | Plays | 5 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 0 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 5.0 plot chapters for each breather. |
| The School for Scandal | Plays | 10 plot chapters (tension 3 or more) against 3 breather chapters (tension 1 or 2): about 3.3 plot chapters for each breather. |
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