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The Toll-Gate

Name: The Toll-Gate
Author: Georgette Heyer

by Georgette Heyer

1954•Adventure•288 pages

Taste attributes: adventuremysteryromancehistoricalrealisticintricatelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemslove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA moving, intimate adventure novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Open Library rating

4.3 / 5

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About This Book

A captain who finds a toll gate unattended and solves the mystery of the disappearance of the gate keeper and wins the heroine with the help of an robber.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureMysteryRomanceHistoricalSolving the riddle/not as it seemsLove conquers allRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

Great BritainEnglandSocial life and customsEngland in fictionLove storiesLarge print booksMissing personsMan-woman relationships

Details

Author: Georgette Heyer
Published: 1954
Pages: 288
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Source: Open Library

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