H8. Rhythm: how much sentence length varies. 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	Sentence length varies by 0.72 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Thirty-Nine Steps	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.56 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Prisoner of Zenda	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.82 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Around the World in Eighty Days	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.77 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
King Solomon's Mines	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.69 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.69 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
A Study in Scarlet	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.61 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Moonstone	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.69 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Woman in White	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.73 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Pride and Prejudice	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.81 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Persuasion	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.83 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Emma	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.92 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Jane Eyre	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.86 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Dracula	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.71 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Frankenstein	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.63 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Wuthering Heights	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.77 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Turn of the Screw	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.8 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Time Machine	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.6 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The War of the Worlds	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.64 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Invisible Man	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.82 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.58 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Secret Garden	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.77 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Wind in the Willows	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.85 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Great Expectations	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.83 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
A Christmas Carol	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.91 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Great Gatsby	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Heart of Darkness	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.83 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Kidnapped	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.73 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Count of Monte Cristo	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.82 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Three Musketeers	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.8 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Riddle of the Sands	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.77 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Scarlet Pimpernel	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.75 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Lost World	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.73 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Captain Blood	Thriller and adventure	Sentence length varies by 0.76 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Lady Audley's Secret	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Murders in the Rue Morgue	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.63 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Innocence of Father Brown	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.62 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Big Bow Mystery	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.86 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Leavenworth Case	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.91 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Red Thumb Mark	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.77 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Amateur Cracksman	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Secret Agent	Crime and mystery	Sentence length varies by 0.77 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Sense and Sensibility	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.8 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
North and South	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.91 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Far from the Madding Crowd	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.75 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Enchanted April	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.97 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Sheik	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.73 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Daddy Long Legs	Romance	Sentence length varies by 0.78 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Carmilla	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.73 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Castle of Otranto	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.71 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Phantom of the Opera	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.83 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Great God Pan	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.75 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Yellow Wallpaper	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.54 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Call of Cthulhu	Gothic and horror	Sentence length varies by 0.54 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Island of Doctor Moreau	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.68 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.64 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
A Princess of Mars	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.54 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Herland	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.73 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Flatland	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.76 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Erewhon	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.66 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Last Man	Science fiction	Sentence length varies by 0.63 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Through the Looking Glass	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.77 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
A Little Princess	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Jungle Book	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.84 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Five Children and It	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.75 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Railway Children	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.76 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Princess and the Goblin	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.71 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Peter and Wendy	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.75 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Worm Ouroboros	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.74 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Anne of Green Gables	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.72 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Black Beauty	Fantasy and children's	Sentence length varies by 0.68 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Middlemarch	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.8 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.73 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Mrs Dalloway	Literary	Sentence length varies by 1.12 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
To the Lighthouse	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.95 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Anna Karenina	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.75 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Crime and Punishment	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.8 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Madame Bovary	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.75 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Age of Innocence	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.79 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Silas Marner	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.7 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Literary	Sentence length varies by 0.97 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Hamlet	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.34 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Macbeth	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.2 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Romeo and Juliet	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.19 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Othello	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.27 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.17 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Twelfth Night	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.19 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Doctor Faustus	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.17 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The Importance of Being Earnest	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.02 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
A Doll's House	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.07 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Hedda Gabler	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.08 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
Pygmalion	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.05 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).
The School for Scandal	Plays	Sentence length varies by 1.34 of its mean on average (higher means a more varied rhythm).

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