Southern Lights and Shadows is part of the Historical, Psychological & Social Fiction catalogue. The record identifies Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 [Editor], Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 [Editor] as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 61,778 words, corresponding to an estimated 269 minutes of reading, and is divided into 6 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 17.9 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.130. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Southern States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction, Short stories, American -- Southern States, American fiction -- Southern States. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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