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A7. How do the subplots weave? Thread map by chapter. Both

Story and structure. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.

BookGenreResult
Treasure IslandThriller and adventure6 threads
The Thirty-Nine StepsThriller and adventure6 threads
The Prisoner of ZendaThriller and adventure6 threads
Around the World in Eighty DaysThriller and adventure6 threads
King Solomon's MinesThriller and adventure6 threads
The Hound of the BaskervillesCrime and mystery6 threads
A Study in ScarletCrime and mystery6 threads
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesCrime and mystery6 threads
The MoonstoneCrime and mystery6 threads
The Woman in WhiteCrime and mystery6 threads
Pride and PrejudiceRomance6 threads
PersuasionRomance6 threads
EmmaRomance6 threads
Jane EyreRomance6 threads
DraculaGothic and horror6 threads
FrankensteinGothic and horror6 threads
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeGothic and horror6 threads
The Picture of Dorian GrayGothic and horror6 threads
Wuthering HeightsGothic and horror6 threads
The Turn of the ScrewGothic and horror6 threads
The Time MachineScience fiction6 threads
The War of the WorldsScience fiction6 threads
The Invisible ManScience fiction6 threads
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFantasy and children's6 threads
The Wonderful Wizard of OzFantasy and children's6 threads
The Secret GardenFantasy and children's6 threads
The Wind in the WillowsFantasy and children's6 threads
Great ExpectationsLiterary6 threads
A Christmas CarolLiterary6 threads
The Great GatsbyLiterary6 threads
Heart of DarknessLiterary6 threads
KidnappedThriller and adventure6 threads
The Count of Monte CristoThriller and adventure6 threads
The Three MusketeersThriller and adventure6 threads
The Riddle of the SandsThriller and adventure6 threads
The Scarlet PimpernelThriller and adventure6 threads
The Lost WorldThriller and adventure6 threads
Captain BloodThriller and adventure6 threads
Lady Audley's SecretCrime and mystery6 threads
The Murders in the Rue MorgueCrime and mystery6 threads
The Innocence of Father BrownCrime and mystery6 threads
The Big Bow MysteryCrime and mystery6 threads
The Leavenworth CaseCrime and mystery6 threads
The Red Thumb MarkCrime and mystery6 threads
The Amateur CracksmanCrime and mystery6 threads
The Secret AgentCrime and mystery6 threads
Sense and SensibilityRomance6 threads
North and SouthRomance6 threads
Far from the Madding CrowdRomance6 threads
The Enchanted AprilRomance6 threads
The SheikRomance6 threads
Daddy Long LegsRomance6 threads
CarmillaGothic and horror6 threads
The Castle of OtrantoGothic and horror6 threads
The Phantom of the OperaGothic and horror6 threads
The Great God PanGothic and horror6 threads
The Yellow WallpaperGothic and horror5 threads
The Call of CthulhuGothic and horror6 threads
The Island of Doctor MoreauScience fiction6 threads
Journey to the Centre of the EarthScience fiction6 threads
A Princess of MarsScience fiction6 threads
HerlandScience fiction6 threads
FlatlandScience fiction6 threads
ErewhonScience fiction6 threads
The Last ManScience fiction6 threads
Through the Looking GlassFantasy and children's6 threads
A Little PrincessFantasy and children's6 threads
The Jungle BookFantasy and children's6 threads
Five Children and ItFantasy and children's6 threads
The Railway ChildrenFantasy and children's6 threads
The Princess and the GoblinFantasy and children's6 threads
Peter and WendyFantasy and children's6 threads
The Worm OuroborosFantasy and children's6 threads
Anne of Green GablesFantasy and children's6 threads
Black BeautyFantasy and children's6 threads
MiddlemarchLiterary6 threads
Tess of the d'UrbervillesLiterary6 threads
Mrs DallowayLiterary6 threads
To the LighthouseLiterary6 threads
Anna KareninaLiterary6 threads
Crime and PunishmentLiterary6 threads
Madame BovaryLiterary6 threads
The Age of InnocenceLiterary6 threads
Silas MarnerLiterary6 threads
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLiterary6 threads
HamletPlays6 threads
MacbethPlays6 threads
Romeo and JulietPlays6 threads
OthelloPlays6 threads
A Midsummer Night's DreamPlays6 threads
Twelfth NightPlays6 threads
Doctor FaustusPlays5 threads
The Importance of Being EarnestPlays5 threads
A Doll's HousePlays6 threads
Hedda GablerPlays6 threads
PygmalionPlays6 threads
The School for ScandalPlays6 threads
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