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A8. Setups and payoffs: what is planted, where, and where it pays off. AI

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

BookGenreResult
Treasure IslandThriller and adventure8 setups traced
The Thirty-Nine StepsThriller and adventure8 setups traced
The Prisoner of ZendaThriller and adventure8 setups traced
Around the World in Eighty DaysThriller and adventure8 setups traced
King Solomon's MinesThriller and adventure8 setups traced
The Hound of the BaskervillesCrime and mystery8 setups traced
A Study in ScarletCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The MoonstoneCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The Woman in WhiteCrime and mystery8 setups traced
Pride and PrejudiceRomance8 setups traced
PersuasionRomance8 setups traced
EmmaRomance8 setups traced
Jane EyreRomance8 setups traced
DraculaGothic and horror8 setups traced
FrankensteinGothic and horror8 setups traced
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeGothic and horror8 setups traced
The Picture of Dorian GrayGothic and horror8 setups traced
Wuthering HeightsGothic and horror8 setups traced
The Turn of the ScrewGothic and horror8 setups traced
The Time MachineScience fiction8 setups traced
The War of the WorldsScience fiction8 setups traced
The Invisible ManScience fiction8 setups traced
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFantasy and children's8 setups traced
The Wonderful Wizard of OzFantasy and children's8 setups traced
The Secret GardenFantasy and children's8 setups traced
The Wind in the WillowsFantasy and children's8 setups traced
Great ExpectationsLiterary8 setups traced
A Christmas CarolLiterary8 setups traced
The Great GatsbyLiterary8 setups traced
Heart of DarknessLiterary8 setups traced
KidnappedThriller and adventure8 setups traced
The Count of Monte CristoThriller and adventure8 setups traced
The Three MusketeersThriller and adventure8 setups traced
The Riddle of the SandsThriller and adventure8 setups traced
The Scarlet PimpernelThriller and adventure8 setups traced
The Lost WorldThriller and adventure8 setups traced
Captain BloodThriller and adventure8 setups traced
Lady Audley's SecretCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The Murders in the Rue MorgueCrime and mystery6 setups traced
The Innocence of Father BrownCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The Big Bow MysteryCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The Leavenworth CaseCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The Red Thumb MarkCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The Amateur CracksmanCrime and mystery8 setups traced
The Secret AgentCrime and mystery8 setups traced
Sense and SensibilityRomance8 setups traced
North and SouthRomance8 setups traced
Far from the Madding CrowdRomance8 setups traced
The Enchanted AprilRomance8 setups traced
The SheikRomance8 setups traced
Daddy Long LegsRomance8 setups traced
CarmillaGothic and horror8 setups traced
The Castle of OtrantoGothic and horror6 setups traced
The Phantom of the OperaGothic and horror8 setups traced
The Great God PanGothic and horror8 setups traced
The Yellow WallpaperGothic and horror5 setups traced
The Call of CthulhuGothic and horror5 setups traced
The Island of Doctor MoreauScience fiction8 setups traced
Journey to the Centre of the EarthScience fiction8 setups traced
A Princess of MarsScience fiction8 setups traced
HerlandScience fiction8 setups traced
FlatlandScience fiction8 setups traced
ErewhonScience fiction8 setups traced
The Last ManScience fiction8 setups traced
Through the Looking GlassFantasy and children's8 setups traced
A Little PrincessFantasy and children's8 setups traced
The Jungle BookFantasy and children's8 setups traced
Five Children and ItFantasy and children's8 setups traced
The Railway ChildrenFantasy and children's8 setups traced
The Princess and the GoblinFantasy and children's8 setups traced
Peter and WendyFantasy and children's8 setups traced
The Worm OuroborosFantasy and children's8 setups traced
Anne of Green GablesFantasy and children's8 setups traced
Black BeautyFantasy and children's8 setups traced
MiddlemarchLiterary8 setups traced
Tess of the d'UrbervillesLiterary8 setups traced
Mrs DallowayLiterary8 setups traced
To the LighthouseLiterary8 setups traced
Anna KareninaLiterary8 setups traced
Crime and PunishmentLiterary8 setups traced
Madame BovaryLiterary8 setups traced
The Age of InnocenceLiterary8 setups traced
Silas MarnerLiterary8 setups traced
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLiterary8 setups traced
HamletPlays8 setups traced
MacbethPlays8 setups traced
Romeo and JulietPlays8 setups traced
OthelloPlays8 setups traced
A Midsummer Night's DreamPlays8 setups traced
Twelfth NightPlays8 setups traced
Doctor FaustusPlays4 setups traced
The Importance of Being EarnestPlays6 setups traced
A Doll's HousePlays6 setups traced
Hedda GablerPlays8 setups traced
PygmalionPlays8 setups traced
The School for ScandalPlays8 setups traced
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