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form/melodrama
9 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Vera, or The Nihilists
graph/work
setting/europe
author/wilde
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/melodrama
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/revenge
concept/love_romantic
concept/martyrdom
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/deception
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/social_injustice
concept/reform
topos/world_upside_down
topos/love_as_religion
topos/love_death
archetype/tyrant
archetype/rebel
archetype/martyr
archetype/avenger
archetype/lover
archetype/christ_figure
motif/blood
motif/death
motif/swords_weapons
motif/poison
motif/crown
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_cross
motif/winter
motif/nightingale
motif/letters_writing
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
character/christ
setting/russia
setting/the_court
character/vera_sabouroff
character/prince_paul_maraloffski
character/czarevitch_alexis
character/czar_ivan
character/michael
Jul 24, 2026
The Speckled Band
graph/work
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/greed_and_money
concept/fear
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/serpent_snake
motif/great_house
motif/night
setting/rural_england
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
character/dr_rylott
character/enid_stonor
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
archetype/damsel
Jul 24, 2026
The Firm of Girdlestone
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/novel
form/melodrama
concept/greed_and_money
concept/hypocrisy
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/materialism
concept/family_and_lineage
motif/money_and_gold
motif/ship
motif/letters_and_writing
histref/british_empire
setting/london
setting/africa
archetype/villain
archetype/self_made_man
Jul 24, 2026
The Crown Diamond
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/deception
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/money_and_gold
setting/london
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
The Spice of Life
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/joy
form/detective_fiction
concept/faith
concept/imagination
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/king_lear
character/goneril
character/regan
character/falstaff
character/jane_eyre
character/mr_rochester
character/paul_emanuel
character/caliban
character/odysseus_ulysses
character/wilkins_micawber
character/dick_swiveller
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sam_weller
character/daniel_quilp
character/ralph_nickleby
character/little_nell
character/wackford_squeers
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/alice
character/scheherezade
character/sherlock_holmes
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/madness
concept/ambition
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/temptation
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nostalgia
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/original_sin
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/distributism
concept/education
concept/grotesque
concept/critique_of_progress
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/carpe_diem
topos/golden_age
topos/life_as_a_battle
topos/beatus_ille_happy_the_man_rural_retreat
motif/cave
motif/storm
motif/mirror
motif/ghosts
motif/light_and_dark
motif/crown
motif/dreams
motif/ship
motif/wine_and_drink
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/italy
setting/egypt
setting/cathedral
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/orient
setting/rural_england
setting/holy_land_jerusalem_and_bethlehem
archetype/detective
archetype/fool
archetype/usurper
archetype/king
archetype/trickster
archetype/madwoman
archetype/child
form/fable
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/melodrama
form/travel_writing
form/biography
form/satire
histref/renaissance
histref/french_revolution
histref/crusades
histref/spanish_inquisition
histref/reformation
histref/thirty_years_war
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/islam
histref/puritanism
histref/roman_history
histref/ancient_rome
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/bible
histref/dante
histref/greek_mythology
histref/medieval_england
histref/chaucer
histref/voltaire
histref/the_age_of_reason_eighteenth_century_rationalism
Jul 24, 2026
Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Acts
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/verse_drama
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/secrets
motif/money_and_gold
setting/london
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
character/professor_moriarty
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
archetype/detective
concept/paradox
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/revenge
concept/guilt
motif/death
motif/blood
character/mr_pond
character/captain_gahagan
character/sir_hubert_wotton
character/joan_varney
character/marshal_von_grock
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/self_deception
concept/fanaticism
concept/power_and_corruption
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/double
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/garden
motif/moon
setting/london
setting/scotland_the_highlands
setting/germany
setting/rural_england
archetype/fool
archetype/villain
archetype/corrupt_official
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/melodrama
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
Charles Dickens
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_common_man
concept/social_injustice
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/joy
concept/reform
concept/heroism
histref/victorian_england
histref/the_industrial_revolution
setting/london
motif/the_city
motif/money_gold
concept/poverty
character/samuel_pickwick
character/sam_weller
character/wilkins_micawber
character/nicholas_nickleby
character/oliver_twist
character/david_copperfield
character/fagin
character/seth_pecksniff
character/daniel_quilp
character/wackford_squeers
character/sairey_gamp
character/ebenezer_scrooge
character/mr_bumble
character/dick_swiveller
character/paul_dombey
character/mr_sapsea
character/susan_nipper
character/vincent_crummles
character/harold_skimpole
character/amy_dorrit
character/edward_murdstone
character/dora_spenlow
character/agnes_wickfield
character/miss_havisham
character/pip
character/mr_toots
character/mr_guppy
character/uncle_pumblechook
concept/democracy
concept/grotesque
concept/imprisonment
concept/optimism
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/prison
archetype/fool
form/melodrama
form/christmas_story_novella
histref/america
histref/french_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
concept/the_common_man
concept/social_injustice
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/reform
concept/satire_of_society
histref/the_french_revolution
histref/victorian_england
motif/the_city
character/sam_weller
character/samuel_pickwick
character/nathaniel_winkle
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/tracy_tupman
character/tony_weller
character/nicholas_nickleby
character/wackford_squeers
character/madeline_bray
character/vincent_crummles
character/oliver_twist
character/bill_sikes
character/nancy
character/mr_bumble
character/fagin
character/little_nell
character/dick_swiveller
character/marchioness
character/daniel_quilp
character/sally_brass
character/sampson_brass
character/kit_nubbles
character/simon_tappertit
character/sir_john_chester
character/barnaby_rudge
character/grip_the_raven
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sairey_gamp
character/martin_chuzzlewit
character/old_martin_chuzzlewit
character/jonas_chuzzlewit
character/ebenezer_scrooge
character/captain_cuttle
character/florence_dombey
character/paul_dombey
character/edith_granger
character/david_copperfield
character/wilkins_micawber
character/betsey_trotwood
character/clara_peggotty
character/dora_spenlow
character/agnes_wickfield
character/james_steerforth
character/little_emily
character/krook
character/jo_the_crossing_sweeper
character/richard_carstone
character/harold_skimpole
character/mrs_jellyby
character/sir_leicester_dedlock
character/josiah_bounderby
character/thomas_gradgrind
character/stephen_blackpool
character/william_dorrit
character/amy_dorrit
character/arthur_clennam
character/mrs_clennam
character/sydney_carton
character/pip
character/joe_gargery
character/mrs_joe_gargery
character/silas_wegg
character/nicodemus_boffin
character/bradley_headstone
character/john_jasper
character/john_harmon
character/lizzie_hexam
character/aaron
character/ralph_nickleby
character/smike
character/cheeryble_brothers
character/monks
character/bella_wilfer
character/mr_venus
character/john_jarndyce
character/ada_clare
character/esther_summerson
character/durdles
character/helena_landless
character/neville_landless
character/rosa_bud
character/mr_grewgious
character/mr_crisparkle
character/trotty_veck
character/alfred_jingle
character/mrs_bardell
character/mr_podsnap
character/mr_veneering
character/mr_lammle
character/mr_fledgeby
character/toots
character/major_bagstock
character/cousin_feenix
character/mrs_nickleby
character/mrs_skewton
character/caddy_jellyby
character/trabb_s_boy
character/mrs_lirriper
concept/grotesque
concept/poverty
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/imprisonment
concept/democracy
concept/charity
concept/hope
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/education
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/hypocrisy
concept/sentimentality
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/prison
motif/christmas
setting/london
setting/america
setting/italy
setting/industrial_city
setting/paris
archetype/detective
archetype/orphan
form/satire
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
form/historical_novel
form/bildungsroman
form/travel_writing
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/novel
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/puritanism