H6. Passive voice rate. Count

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Book	Genre	Result
Treasure Island	Thriller and adventure	About 5.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Thirty-Nine Steps	Thriller and adventure	About 4.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Prisoner of Zenda	Thriller and adventure	About 4.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Around the World in Eighty Days	Thriller and adventure	About 9.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
King Solomon's Mines	Thriller and adventure	About 8.9% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Crime and mystery	About 5.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
A Study in Scarlet	Crime and mystery	About 7.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Crime and mystery	About 6.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Moonstone	Crime and mystery	About 5.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Woman in White	Crime and mystery	About 6.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Pride and Prejudice	Romance	About 10.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Persuasion	Romance	About 12.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Emma	Romance	About 8.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Jane Eyre	Romance	About 7.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Dracula	Gothic and horror	About 6.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Frankenstein	Gothic and horror	About 14.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	Gothic and horror	About 8.8% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Gothic and horror	About 4.5% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Wuthering Heights	Gothic and horror	About 6.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Turn of the Screw	Gothic and horror	About 4.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Time Machine	Science fiction	About 5.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The War of the Worlds	Science fiction	About 7.8% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Invisible Man	Science fiction	About 4.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Fantasy and children's	About 3.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Fantasy and children's	About 7.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Secret Garden	Fantasy and children's	About 3.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Wind in the Willows	Fantasy and children's	About 4.5% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Great Expectations	Literary	About 6.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
A Christmas Carol	Literary	About 5.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Great Gatsby	Literary	About 3.8% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Heart of Darkness	Literary	About 4.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Kidnapped	Thriller and adventure	About 6.9% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Count of Monte Cristo	Thriller and adventure	About 8.5% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Three Musketeers	Thriller and adventure	About 7.9% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Riddle of the Sands	Thriller and adventure	About 5.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Scarlet Pimpernel	Thriller and adventure	About 5.8% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Lost World	Thriller and adventure	About 7.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Captain Blood	Thriller and adventure	About 7.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Lady Audley's Secret	Crime and mystery	About 6.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue	Crime and mystery	About 14.9% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Innocence of Father Brown	Crime and mystery	About 5.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Big Bow Mystery	Crime and mystery	About 6.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Leavenworth Case	Crime and mystery	About 6.0% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Red Thumb Mark	Crime and mystery	About 9.9% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Amateur Cracksman	Crime and mystery	About 3.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Secret Agent	Crime and mystery	About 5.9% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Sense and Sensibility	Romance	About 12.0% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
North and South	Romance	About 5.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Far from the Madding Crowd	Romance	About 7.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Enchanted April	Romance	About 6.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Sheik	Romance	About 6.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Daddy Long Legs	Romance	About 4.0% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Carmilla	Gothic and horror	About 9.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Castle of Otranto	Gothic and horror	About 8.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Phantom of the Opera	Gothic and horror	About 5.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Great God Pan	Gothic and horror	About 6.8% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Yellow Wallpaper	Gothic and horror	About 3.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Call of Cthulhu	Gothic and horror	About 13.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Island of Doctor Moreau	Science fiction	About 5.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Science fiction	About 7.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
A Princess of Mars	Science fiction	About 12.8% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Herland	Science fiction	About 4.8% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Flatland	Science fiction	About 14.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Erewhon	Science fiction	About 20.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Last Man	Science fiction	About 14.9% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Through the Looking Glass	Fantasy and children's	About 3.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
A Little Princess	Fantasy and children's	About 6.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Jungle Book	Fantasy and children's	About 5.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Five Children and It	Fantasy and children's	About 5.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Railway Children	Fantasy and children's	About 3.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Princess and the Goblin	Fantasy and children's	About 3.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Peter and Wendy	Fantasy and children's	About 4.9% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Worm Ouroboros	Fantasy and children's	About 6.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Anne of Green Gables	Fantasy and children's	About 4.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Black Beauty	Fantasy and children's	About 9.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Middlemarch	Literary	About 7.5% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Literary	About 7.5% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Mrs Dalloway	Literary	About 4.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
To the Lighthouse	Literary	About 5.5% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Anna Karenina	Literary	About 6.0% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Crime and Punishment	Literary	About 4.8% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Madame Bovary	Literary	About 5.3% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Age of Innocence	Literary	About 6.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Silas Marner	Literary	About 10.0% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Literary	About 2.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Hamlet	Plays	About 1.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Macbeth	Plays	About 1.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Romeo and Juliet	Plays	About 1.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Othello	Plays	About 1.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Plays	About 1.4% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Twelfth Night	Plays	About 1.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Doctor Faustus	Plays	About 4.5% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The Importance of Being Earnest	Plays	About 2.7% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
A Doll's House	Plays	About 1.2% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Hedda Gabler	Plays	About 1.0% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
Pygmalion	Plays	About 2.1% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.
The School for Scandal	Plays	About 2.6% of sentences use a passive form such as 'was taken'.

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