C16. Forms of address between characters and how they change. Both

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

Book	Genre	Result
Treasure Island	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 42, 36, 17.
The Thirty-Nine Steps	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 7, 4, 10.
The Prisoner of Zenda	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 18, 23, 33.
Around the World in Eighty Days	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 9, 29, 30.
King Solomon's Mines	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 11, 14, 12.
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 39, 56, 18.
A Study in Scarlet	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 12, 6, 4.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 29, 32, 33.
The Moonstone	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 116, 99, 55.
The Woman in White	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 51, 52, 100.
Pride and Prejudice	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 54, 35, 31.
Persuasion	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 9, 12, 13.
Emma	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 71, 59, 37.
Jane Eyre	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 86, 182, 83.
Dracula	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 26, 20, 18.
Frankenstein	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 12, 4, 9.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 10, 22, 14.
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 11, 26, 27.
Wuthering Heights	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 33, 22, 12.
The Turn of the Screw	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 6, 3.
The Time Machine	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 0, 1.
The War of the Worlds	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 8, 0, 0.
The Invisible Man	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 29, 5, 2.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 12, 3, 2.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 5, 0, 8.
The Secret Garden	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 3, 10, 28.
The Wind in the Willows	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 7, 3, 15.
Great Expectations	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 54, 63, 54.
A Christmas Carol	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 5, 4, 17.
The Great Gatsby	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 2, 0.
Heart of Darkness	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Kidnapped	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 53, 11, 44.
The Count of Monte Cristo	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 238, 270, 291.
The Three Musketeers	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 56, 71, 51.
The Riddle of the Sands	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 5.
The Scarlet Pimpernel	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 40, 19, 9.
The Lost World	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 28, 18, 9.
Captain Blood	Thriller and adventure	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 43, 16, 56.
Lady Audley's Secret	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 93, 128, 144.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 2.
The Innocence of Father Brown	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 16, 6, 15.
The Big Bow Mystery	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 6, 8, 5.
The Leavenworth Case	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 119, 50, 52.
The Red Thumb Mark	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 21, 18, 15.
The Amateur Cracksman	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 13, 11, 12.
The Secret Agent	Crime and mystery	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 17, 14, 7.
Sense and Sensibility	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 22, 18, 46.
North and South	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 16, 51, 41.
Far from the Madding Crowd	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 43, 21, 85.
The Enchanted April	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 1, 5.
The Sheik	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 1, 1.
Daddy Long Legs	Romance	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Carmilla	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 6, 8, 5.
The Castle of Otranto	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 3, 1, 7.
The Phantom of the Opera	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 22, 18, 28.
The Great God Pan	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 0, 0.
The Yellow Wallpaper	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 2, 1.
The Call of Cthulhu	Gothic and horror	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
The Island of Doctor Moreau	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 25, 13, 11.
A Princess of Mars	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 1.
Herland	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 2, 1, 8.
Flatland	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 1, 0.
Erewhon	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 0, 1.
The Last Man	Science fiction	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 2, 2, 2.
Through the Looking Glass	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 5, 2, 3.
A Little Princess	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 15, 3, 10.
The Jungle Book	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 1, 2.
Five Children and It	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 1.
The Railway Children	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 2, 5, 7.
The Princess and the Goblin	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Peter and Wendy	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 2, 5, 8.
The Worm Ouroboros	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 28, 65, 71.
Anne of Green Gables	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 1, 1, 2.
Black Beauty	Fantasy and children's	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 32, 39, 22.
Middlemarch	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 84, 91, 56.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 41, 24, 28.
Mrs Dalloway	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 3, 1, 1.
To the Lighthouse	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 1, 1.
Anna Karenina	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 51, 31, 25.
Crime and Punishment	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 44, 19, 24.
Madame Bovary	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 3, 13, 8.
The Age of Innocence	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 28, 18, 18.
Silas Marner	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 21, 13, 20.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Literary	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 15, 12, 4.
Hamlet	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Macbeth	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Romeo and Juliet	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Othello	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Twelfth Night	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Doctor Faustus	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
The Importance of Being Earnest	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
A Doll's House	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Hedda Gabler	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.
Pygmalion	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 2, 0.
The School for Scandal	Plays	Forms of address in speech by third of the book: 0, 0, 0.

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