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Fictional Character Pronoun Usage Drift in Public Domain Ebooks
This page monitors the use of pronouns (he, she, they) to refer to fictional characters in public domain ebooks. The data is sourced from a large corpus of texts, allowing us to calculate the character pronoun ratio and average pronoun ratio per year. By examining these ratios, we can identify subtle shifts in how characters are described as societal norms evolve. The numbers are derived from a comprehensive analysis of public domain ebooks, providing a unique insight into the evolution of language in literature. This information is interesting because it highlights the impact of changing societal norms on the way authors describe their characters, reflecting the cultural context in which they wrote.