H11. Repetition, lists of three and other patterns. Both

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

Book	Genre	Result
Treasure Island	Thriller and adventure	105 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.53 per 1,000 words.
The Thirty-Nine Steps	Thriller and adventure	13 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.32 per 1,000 words.
The Prisoner of Zenda	Thriller and adventure	54 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.0 per 1,000 words.
Around the World in Eighty Days	Thriller and adventure	107 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.69 per 1,000 words.
King Solomon's Mines	Thriller and adventure	83 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.01 per 1,000 words.
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Crime and mystery	57 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.96 per 1,000 words.
A Study in Scarlet	Crime and mystery	39 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.89 per 1,000 words.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Crime and mystery	74 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.7 per 1,000 words.
The Moonstone	Crime and mystery	115 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.61 per 1,000 words.
The Woman in White	Crime and mystery	172 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.69 per 1,000 words.
Pride and Prejudice	Romance	73 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.59 per 1,000 words.
Persuasion	Romance	79 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.95 per 1,000 words.
Emma	Romance	105 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.65 per 1,000 words.
Jane Eyre	Romance	246 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.31 per 1,000 words.
Dracula	Gothic and horror	103 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.64 per 1,000 words.
Frankenstein	Gothic and horror	88 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.17 per 1,000 words.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	Gothic and horror	29 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.13 per 1,000 words.
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Gothic and horror	51 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.64 per 1,000 words.
Wuthering Heights	Gothic and horror	94 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.8 per 1,000 words.
The Turn of the Screw	Gothic and horror	26 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.65 per 1,000 words.
The Time Machine	Science fiction	46 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.41 per 1,000 words.
The War of the Worlds	Science fiction	113 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.87 per 1,000 words.
The Invisible Man	Science fiction	87 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.78 per 1,000 words.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Fantasy and children's	15 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.56 per 1,000 words.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Fantasy and children's	19 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.48 per 1,000 words.
The Secret Garden	Fantasy and children's	27 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.33 per 1,000 words.
The Wind in the Willows	Fantasy and children's	128 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 2.15 per 1,000 words.
Great Expectations	Literary	155 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.83 per 1,000 words.
A Christmas Carol	Literary	41 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.43 per 1,000 words.
The Great Gatsby	Literary	44 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.91 per 1,000 words.
Heart of Darkness	Literary	41 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.06 per 1,000 words.
Kidnapped	Thriller and adventure	53 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.66 per 1,000 words.
The Count of Monte Cristo	Thriller and adventure	486 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.04 per 1,000 words.
The Three Musketeers	Thriller and adventure	238 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.04 per 1,000 words.
The Riddle of the Sands	Thriller and adventure	145 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.33 per 1,000 words.
The Scarlet Pimpernel	Thriller and adventure	95 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.11 per 1,000 words.
The Lost World	Thriller and adventure	65 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.85 per 1,000 words.
Captain Blood	Thriller and adventure	91 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.8 per 1,000 words.
Lady Audley's Secret	Crime and mystery	128 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.85 per 1,000 words.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue	Crime and mystery	5 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.36 per 1,000 words.
The Innocence of Father Brown	Crime and mystery	52 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.65 per 1,000 words.
The Big Bow Mystery	Crime and mystery	21 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.49 per 1,000 words.
The Leavenworth Case	Crime and mystery	103 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.93 per 1,000 words.
The Red Thumb Mark	Crime and mystery	43 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.61 per 1,000 words.
The Amateur Cracksman	Crime and mystery	36 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.69 per 1,000 words.
The Secret Agent	Crime and mystery	85 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.93 per 1,000 words.
Sense and Sensibility	Romance	55 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.46 per 1,000 words.
North and South	Romance	112 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.61 per 1,000 words.
Far from the Madding Crowd	Romance	155 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.12 per 1,000 words.
The Enchanted April	Romance	62 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.78 per 1,000 words.
The Sheik	Romance	46 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.52 per 1,000 words.
Daddy Long Legs	Romance	20 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.53 per 1,000 words.
Carmilla	Gothic and horror	35 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.25 per 1,000 words.
The Castle of Otranto	Gothic and horror	16 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.46 per 1,000 words.
The Phantom of the Opera	Gothic and horror	82 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.98 per 1,000 words.
The Great God Pan	Gothic and horror	30 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.38 per 1,000 words.
The Yellow Wallpaper	Gothic and horror	4 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.65 per 1,000 words.
The Call of Cthulhu	Gothic and horror	14 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.16 per 1,000 words.
The Island of Doctor Moreau	Science fiction	55 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.26 per 1,000 words.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Science fiction	119 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.38 per 1,000 words.
A Princess of Mars	Science fiction	74 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.12 per 1,000 words.
Herland	Science fiction	85 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.59 per 1,000 words.
Flatland	Science fiction	29 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.98 per 1,000 words.
Erewhon	Science fiction	61 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.74 per 1,000 words.
The Last Man	Science fiction	323 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.91 per 1,000 words.
Through the Looking Glass	Fantasy and children's	11 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.37 per 1,000 words.
A Little Princess	Fantasy and children's	22 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.33 per 1,000 words.
The Jungle Book	Fantasy and children's	67 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.29 per 1,000 words.
Five Children and It	Fantasy and children's	33 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.62 per 1,000 words.
The Railway Children	Fantasy and children's	60 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.0 per 1,000 words.
The Princess and the Goblin	Fantasy and children's	25 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.49 per 1,000 words.
Peter and Wendy	Fantasy and children's	29 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.61 per 1,000 words.
The Worm Ouroboros	Fantasy and children's	300 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.76 per 1,000 words.
Anne of Green Gables	Fantasy and children's	88 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.85 per 1,000 words.
Black Beauty	Fantasy and children's	53 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.89 per 1,000 words.
Middlemarch	Literary	170 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.53 per 1,000 words.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Literary	113 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.75 per 1,000 words.
Mrs Dalloway	Literary	70 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.09 per 1,000 words.
To the Lighthouse	Literary	97 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.39 per 1,000 words.
Anna Karenina	Literary	419 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.19 per 1,000 words.
Crime and Punishment	Literary	276 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.35 per 1,000 words.
Madame Bovary	Literary	117 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.0 per 1,000 words.
The Age of Innocence	Literary	76 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.74 per 1,000 words.
Silas Marner	Literary	50 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.69 per 1,000 words.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Literary	111 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.99 per 1,000 words.
Hamlet	Plays	62 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.95 per 1,000 words.
Macbeth	Plays	34 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.89 per 1,000 words.
Romeo and Juliet	Plays	37 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.44 per 1,000 words.
Othello	Plays	45 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.63 per 1,000 words.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Plays	45 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 2.62 per 1,000 words.
Twelfth Night	Plays	40 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.89 per 1,000 words.
Doctor Faustus	Plays	19 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 1.52 per 1,000 words.
The Importance of Being Earnest	Plays	3 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.15 per 1,000 words.
A Doll's House	Plays	13 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.49 per 1,000 words.
Hedda Gabler	Plays	17 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.63 per 1,000 words.
Pygmalion	Plays	17 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.53 per 1,000 words.
The School for Scandal	Plays	7 lists of three in the pattern 'a, b and c': 0.24 per 1,000 words.

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