C7. Dialect and class markers, and how they are spelt. 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	75 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', ain't, ye, wot.
The Thirty-Nine Steps	Thriller and adventure	46 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', ye, bein', lookin'.
The Prisoner of Zenda	Thriller and adventure	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Around the World in Eighty Days	Thriller and adventure	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
King Solomon's Mines	Thriller and adventure	140 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Crime and mystery	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
A Study in Scarlet	Crime and mystery	38 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', ain't, ye, somethin'.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Crime and mystery	2 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', again'.
The Moonstone	Crime and mystery	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
The Woman in White	Crime and mystery	5 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, canna, ain't, summat.
Pride and Prejudice	Romance	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Persuasion	Romance	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Emma	Romance	7 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
Jane Eyre	Romance	33 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, o', sin'.
Dracula	Gothic and horror	97 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, ain't, comin', yer.
Frankenstein	Gothic and horror	3 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	Gothic and horror	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Gothic and horror	4 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't.
Wuthering Heights	Gothic and horror	92 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, o', nowt, yer.
The Turn of the Screw	Gothic and horror	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Time Machine	Science fiction	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The War of the Worlds	Science fiction	15 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, yer, screwin', movin'.
The Invisible Man	Science fiction	44 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, yer, ye, doin'.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Fantasy and children's	5 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as yer, ye.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Fantasy and children's	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Secret Garden	Fantasy and children's	530 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', goin', nothin', nowt.
The Wind in the Willows	Fantasy and children's	2 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as shillin', o'.
Great Expectations	Literary	90 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, warn't, wot, o'.
A Christmas Carol	Literary	4 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, warn't.
The Great Gatsby	Literary	8 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as goin', comin', ye, din'.
Heart of Darkness	Literary	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Kidnapped	Thriller and adventure	465 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, o', ain't, 'ere.
The Count of Monte Cristo	Thriller and adventure	2 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
The Three Musketeers	Thriller and adventure	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o'.
The Riddle of the Sands	Thriller and adventure	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Scarlet Pimpernel	Thriller and adventure	35 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, ain't, murderin', o'.
The Lost World	Thriller and adventure	51 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as nothin', somethin', mornin', sportin'.
Captain Blood	Thriller and adventure	219 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, o', ain't.
Lady Audley's Secret	Crime and mystery	130 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, o', goin', yer.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue	Crime and mystery	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Innocence of Father Brown	Crime and mystery	2 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as havin', admirin'.
The Big Bow Mystery	Crime and mystery	36 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, o', drinkin', provin'.
The Leavenworth Case	Crime and mystery	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't.
The Red Thumb Mark	Crime and mystery	4 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, ye, griffin'.
The Amateur Cracksman	Crime and mystery	71 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, yer, o', ain't.
The Secret Agent	Crime and mystery	7 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't.
Sense and Sensibility	Romance	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
North and South	Romance	139 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', ye, canna, sin'.
Far from the Madding Crowd	Romance	167 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, o', yer, gwine.
The Enchanted April	Romance	5 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, yer.
The Sheik	Romance	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Daddy Long Legs	Romance	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
Carmilla	Gothic and horror	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't.
The Castle of Otranto	Gothic and horror	16 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
The Phantom of the Opera	Gothic and horror	3 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
The Great God Pan	Gothic and horror	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Yellow Wallpaper	Gothic and horror	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Call of Cthulhu	Gothic and horror	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Island of Doctor Moreau	Science fiction	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as bilin'.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Science fiction	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
A Princess of Mars	Science fiction	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Herland	Science fiction	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
Flatland	Science fiction	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Erewhon	Science fiction	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Last Man	Science fiction	11 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
Through the Looking Glass	Fantasy and children's	4 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, ain't.
A Little Princess	Fantasy and children's	71 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, yer, nothin', o'.
The Jungle Book	Fantasy and children's	39 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
Five Children and It	Fantasy and children's	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The Railway Children	Fantasy and children's	43 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, o', ye, yer.
The Princess and the Goblin	Fantasy and children's	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o'.
Peter and Wendy	Fantasy and children's	2 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', ye.
The Worm Ouroboros	Fantasy and children's	151 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, o', wot.
Anne of Green Gables	Fantasy and children's	6 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't.
Black Beauty	Fantasy and children's	5 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, ain't.
Middlemarch	Literary	35 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', ye, sin', geierstein'.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Literary	108 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', ye, yer, cousin'.
Mrs Dalloway	Literary	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
To the Lighthouse	Literary	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Anna Karenina	Literary	2 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye, karenin'.
Crime and Punishment	Literary	3 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
Madame Bovary	Literary	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o'.
The Age of Innocence	Literary	3 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't.
Silas Marner	Literary	148 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as o', again', ye, sin'.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Literary	476 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ain't, o', warn't, ain'.
Hamlet	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Macbeth	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Romeo and Juliet	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Othello	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Twelfth Night	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Doctor Faustus	Plays	1 spelt dialect or clipped forms in speech, such as ye.
The Importance of Being Earnest	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
A Doll's House	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Hedda Gabler	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
Pygmalion	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.
The School for Scandal	Plays	Very few spelt dialect forms in speech.

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