H3. Signature words: what this author uses far more than others. Count
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 | silver, captain, squire, doctor, ship |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps | Thriller and adventure | glen, walter, motor, moorland, police |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Thriller and adventure | king, michael, duke, king's, castle |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Thriller and adventure | steamer, train, detective, passengers, francis |
| King Solomon's Mines | Thriller and adventure | henry, king, mountains, thou, spear |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Crime and mystery | holmes, moor, watson, henry, hound |
| A Study in Scarlet | Crime and mystery | holmes, sherlock, lestrade, companion, brixton |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Crime and mystery | holmes, sherlock, watson, simon, baker |
| The Moonstone | Crime and mystery | sergeant, diamond, rachel, godfrey, indians |
| The Woman in White | Crime and mystery | count, marian, laura, london, house |
| Pride and Prejudice | Romance | elizabeth, jane, catherine, sister, charlotte |
| Persuasion | Romance | anne, captain, walter, charles, bath |
| Emma | Romance | emma, fairfax, jane, frank, harriet |
| Jane Eyre | Romance | jane, rochester, fairfax, reed, john |
| Dracula | Gothic and horror | lucy, arthur, professor, diary, jonathan |
| Frankenstein | Gothic and horror | elizabeth, felix, miserable, fiend, misery |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Gothic and horror | lawyer, poole, hyde, cabinet, edward |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gothic and horror | henry, harry, gray, lord, basil |
| Wuthering Heights | Gothic and horror | catherine, joseph, ellen, heights, grange |
| The Turn of the Screw | Gothic and horror | flora, miles, pupils, schoolroom, literally |
| The Time Machine | Science fiction | machine, traveller, editor, lever, bronze |
| The War of the Worlds | Science fiction | martians, martian, cylinder, smoke, guns |
| The Invisible Man | Science fiction | invisible, marvel, hall, mariner, stranger |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Fantasy and children's | alice, mock, rabbit, mouse, duchess |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fantasy and children's | lion, witch, scarecrow, wicked, brains |
| The Secret Garden | Fantasy and children's | mary, martha, garden, robin, magic |
| The Wind in the Willows | Fantasy and children's | toad, mole, animals, animal, badger |
| Great Expectations | Literary | herbert, pocket, marshes, forge, aged |
| A Christmas Carol | Literary | christmas, ghost, spirit, nephew, merry |
| The Great Gatsby | Literary | daisy, wilson, sport, baker, around |
| Heart of Darkness | Literary | manager, ivory, river, pilgrims, station |
| Kidnapped | Thriller and adventure | alan, says, david, heather, campbell |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Thriller and adventure | count, madame, replied, francs, mademoiselle |
| The Three Musketeers | Thriller and adventure | monsieur, cardinal, toward, queen, replied |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Thriller and adventure | yacht, coast, channel, german, tide |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Thriller and adventure | andrew, scarlet, france, whilst, armand |
| The Lost World | Thriller and adventure | professor, indians, plateau, john, lord |
| Captain Blood | Thriller and adventure | blood, captain, colonel, lordship, bishop |
| Lady Audley's Secret | Crime and mystery | robert, george, lady, michael, audley |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Crime and mystery | frenchman, shrill, dupin, nail, gruff |
| The Innocence of Father Brown | Crime and mystery | brown, priest, father, waiter, angus |
| The Big Bow Mystery | Crime and mystery | constant, deceased, evidence, prisoner, scott |
| The Leavenworth Case | Crime and mystery | mary, hannah, coroner, raymond, cousin |
| The Red Thumb Mark | Crime and mystery | thumb, print, reuben, prints, walter |
| The Amateur Cracksman | Crime and mystery | raffles, cricket, he's, albany, mackenzie |
| The Secret Agent | Crime and mystery | inspector, chief, assistant, heat, shop |
| Sense and Sensibility | Romance | edward, jennings, lucy, colonel, sister |
| North and South | Romance | margaret, frederick, dixon, lennox, bell |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Romance | gabriel, joseph, farmer, shepherd, fanny |
| The Enchanted April | Romance | scrap, frederick, caroline, briggs, arbuthnot |
| The Sheik | Romance | diana, tent, saint, desert, arab |
| Daddy Long Legs | Romance | daddy, julia, college, legs, i've |
| Carmilla | Gothic and horror | vampire, father, madame, general, general's |
| The Castle of Otranto | Gothic and horror | isabella, thou, princess, prince, castle |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gothic and horror | christine, ghost, opera, richard, raoul |
| The Great God Pan | Gothic and horror | herbert, helen, street, villiers, austin |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic and horror | pattern, john, wallpaper, paper, creep |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Gothic and horror | professor, dreams, alert, manuscript, april |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | Science fiction | beast, beach, enclosure, island, montgomery |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Science fiction | uncle, professor, raft, earth, guide |
| A Princess of Mars | Science fiction | martian, toward, warriors, mars, martians |
| Herland | Science fiction | women, country, mothers, girls, children |
| Flatland | Science fiction | classes, circles, circle, line, sphere |
| Erewhon | Science fiction | machines, system, balloon, mechanical, animals |
| The Last Man | Science fiction | raymond, plague, clara, windsor, adrian |
| Through the Looking Glass | Fantasy and children's | alice, queen, knight, kitten, alice's |
| A Little Princess | Fantasy and children's | minchin, attic, indian, schoolroom, child |
| The Jungle Book | Fantasy and children's | wolf, jungle, elephants, pack, elephant |
| Five Children and It | Fantasy and children's | robert, lamb, jane, martha, sand |
| The Railway Children | Fantasy and children's | peter, mother, station, engine, children |
| The Princess and the Goblin | Fantasy and children's | princess, grandmother, mountain, goblins, thread |
| Peter and Wendy | Fantasy and children's | peter, hook, darling, michael, boys |
| The Worm Ouroboros | Fantasy and children's | thou, king, lord, thee, hath |
| Anne of Green Gables | Fantasy and children's | anne, diana, matthew, school, anne's |
| Black Beauty | Fantasy and children's | horse, horses, master, stable, john |
| Middlemarch | Literary | james, fred, mary, rosamond, raffles |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Literary | angel, clare, marian, dairy, cows |
| Mrs Dalloway | Literary | richard, sally, peter, william, elizabeth |
| To the Lighthouse | Literary | lily, lighthouse, james, paul, carmichael |
| Anna Karenina | Literary | kitty, princess, dolly, alexandrovna, countess |
| Crime and Punishment | Literary | ivanovna, that's, alexandrovna, pyotr, it's |
| Madame Bovary | Literary | emma, charles, monsieur, madame, chemist |
| The Age of Innocence | Literary | york, ellen, madame, countess, jackson |
| Silas Marner | Literary | godfrey, nancy, silas, squire, dolly |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Literary | says, ain't, didn't, around, warn't |
| Hamlet | Plays | hamlet, lord, king, queen, clown |
| Macbeth | Plays | macbeth, ross, enter, witch, thou |
| Romeo and Juliet | Plays | thou, juliet, nurse, romeo, thee |
| Othello | Plays | thou, hath, moor, othello, desdemona |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Plays | thou, helena, bottom, love, thee |
| Twelfth Night | Plays | andrew, clown, maria, thou, thee |
| Doctor Faustus | Plays | later, doctor, footnote, robin, emperor |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Plays | jack, ernest, lady, lane, merriman |
| A Doll's House | Plays | rank, nora, christine, goes, shuts |
| Hedda Gabler | Plays | judge, goes, julia, looks, aunt |
| Pygmalion | Plays | higgins, liza, eliza, girl, flower |
| The School for Scandal | Plays | peter, surface, charles, lady, oliver |
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