H9. Similes and metaphors: how many, and of what kind. Both

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Book	Genre	Result
Treasure Island	Thriller and adventure	194 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.83 per 1,000 words.
The Thirty-Nine Steps	Thriller and adventure	62 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.5 per 1,000 words.
The Prisoner of Zenda	Thriller and adventure	57 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.05 per 1,000 words.
Around the World in Eighty Days	Thriller and adventure	110 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.74 per 1,000 words.
King Solomon's Mines	Thriller and adventure	110 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.34 per 1,000 words.
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Crime and mystery	54 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.91 per 1,000 words.
A Study in Scarlet	Crime and mystery	53 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.22 per 1,000 words.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Crime and mystery	123 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.17 per 1,000 words.
The Moonstone	Crime and mystery	283 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.49 per 1,000 words.
The Woman in White	Crime and mystery	352 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.42 per 1,000 words.
Pride and Prejudice	Romance	153 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.25 per 1,000 words.
Persuasion	Romance	108 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.29 per 1,000 words.
Emma	Romance	184 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.14 per 1,000 words.
Jane Eyre	Romance	273 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.46 per 1,000 words.
Dracula	Gothic and horror	226 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.4 per 1,000 words.
Frankenstein	Gothic and horror	69 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.92 per 1,000 words.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	Gothic and horror	40 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.56 per 1,000 words.
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Gothic and horror	100 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.26 per 1,000 words.
Wuthering Heights	Gothic and horror	229 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.96 per 1,000 words.
The Turn of the Screw	Gothic and horror	59 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.48 per 1,000 words.
The Time Machine	Science fiction	55 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.68 per 1,000 words.
The War of the Worlds	Science fiction	84 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.39 per 1,000 words.
The Invisible Man	Science fiction	62 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.27 per 1,000 words.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Fantasy and children's	63 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.36 per 1,000 words.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Fantasy and children's	95 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.41 per 1,000 words.
The Secret Garden	Fantasy and children's	216 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.66 per 1,000 words.
The Wind in the Willows	Fantasy and children's	80 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.34 per 1,000 words.
Great Expectations	Literary	257 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.38 per 1,000 words.
A Christmas Carol	Literary	44 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.53 per 1,000 words.
The Great Gatsby	Literary	47 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.97 per 1,000 words.
Heart of Darkness	Literary	97 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.5 per 1,000 words.
Kidnapped	Thriller and adventure	243 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 3.02 per 1,000 words.
The Count of Monte Cristo	Thriller and adventure	554 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.19 per 1,000 words.
The Three Musketeers	Thriller and adventure	279 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.21 per 1,000 words.
The Riddle of the Sands	Thriller and adventure	151 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.38 per 1,000 words.
The Scarlet Pimpernel	Thriller and adventure	104 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.22 per 1,000 words.
The Lost World	Thriller and adventure	124 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.62 per 1,000 words.
Captain Blood	Thriller and adventure	97 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.85 per 1,000 words.
Lady Audley's Secret	Crime and mystery	174 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.15 per 1,000 words.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue	Crime and mystery	14 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.01 per 1,000 words.
The Innocence of Father Brown	Crime and mystery	267 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 3.36 per 1,000 words.
The Big Bow Mystery	Crime and mystery	64 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.5 per 1,000 words.
The Leavenworth Case	Crime and mystery	111 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.0 per 1,000 words.
The Red Thumb Mark	Crime and mystery	76 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.07 per 1,000 words.
The Amateur Cracksman	Crime and mystery	79 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.5 per 1,000 words.
The Secret Agent	Crime and mystery	166 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.82 per 1,000 words.
Sense and Sensibility	Romance	162 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.35 per 1,000 words.
North and South	Romance	262 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.43 per 1,000 words.
Far from the Madding Crowd	Romance	236 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.71 per 1,000 words.
The Enchanted April	Romance	98 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.24 per 1,000 words.
The Sheik	Romance	108 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.22 per 1,000 words.
Daddy Long Legs	Romance	52 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.38 per 1,000 words.
Carmilla	Gothic and horror	33 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.18 per 1,000 words.
The Castle of Otranto	Gothic and horror	22 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.63 per 1,000 words.
The Phantom of the Opera	Gothic and horror	112 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.34 per 1,000 words.
The Great God Pan	Gothic and horror	14 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.64 per 1,000 words.
The Yellow Wallpaper	Gothic and horror	16 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.59 per 1,000 words.
The Call of Cthulhu	Gothic and horror	9 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.75 per 1,000 words.
The Island of Doctor Moreau	Science fiction	48 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.1 per 1,000 words.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Science fiction	164 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.91 per 1,000 words.
A Princess of Mars	Science fiction	63 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.95 per 1,000 words.
Herland	Science fiction	130 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.44 per 1,000 words.
Flatland	Science fiction	28 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.94 per 1,000 words.
Erewhon	Science fiction	129 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.57 per 1,000 words.
The Last Man	Science fiction	97 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.57 per 1,000 words.
Through the Looking Glass	Fantasy and children's	83 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.81 per 1,000 words.
A Little Princess	Fantasy and children's	129 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.92 per 1,000 words.
The Jungle Book	Fantasy and children's	115 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.22 per 1,000 words.
Five Children and It	Fantasy and children's	150 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.8 per 1,000 words.
The Railway Children	Fantasy and children's	126 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.1 per 1,000 words.
The Princess and the Goblin	Fantasy and children's	102 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.99 per 1,000 words.
Peter and Wendy	Fantasy and children's	73 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.54 per 1,000 words.
The Worm Ouroboros	Fantasy and children's	297 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.74 per 1,000 words.
Anne of Green Gables	Fantasy and children's	194 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.88 per 1,000 words.
Black Beauty	Fantasy and children's	135 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.25 per 1,000 words.
Middlemarch	Literary	482 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.51 per 1,000 words.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Literary	246 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.63 per 1,000 words.
Mrs Dalloway	Literary	102 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.58 per 1,000 words.
To the Lighthouse	Literary	123 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.77 per 1,000 words.
Anna Karenina	Literary	314 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.89 per 1,000 words.
Crime and Punishment	Literary	274 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.34 per 1,000 words.
Madame Bovary	Literary	249 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.13 per 1,000 words.
The Age of Innocence	Literary	164 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.59 per 1,000 words.
Silas Marner	Literary	142 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.97 per 1,000 words.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Literary	233 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 2.07 per 1,000 words.
Hamlet	Plays	52 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.64 per 1,000 words.
Macbeth	Plays	23 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.28 per 1,000 words.
Romeo and Juliet	Plays	27 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.05 per 1,000 words.
Othello	Plays	18 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.65 per 1,000 words.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Plays	22 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.28 per 1,000 words.
Twelfth Night	Plays	33 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.56 per 1,000 words.
Doctor Faustus	Plays	18 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.44 per 1,000 words.
The Importance of Being Earnest	Plays	17 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.83 per 1,000 words.
A Doll's House	Plays	37 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.38 per 1,000 words.
Hedda Gabler	Plays	16 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 0.59 per 1,000 words.
Pygmalion	Plays	37 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.15 per 1,000 words.
The School for Scandal	Plays	33 likely similes ('like a', 'as ... as'): 1.15 per 1,000 words.

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