sensation novel
C29353
concept
A sensation novel is a 19th-century popular fiction genre characterized by melodramatic plots involving crime, secrets, and domestic scandal designed to provoke intense emotional and psychological responses in readers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| sensation novel canonical | 4 |
| Victorian sensation novel | 2 |
| sensation fiction work | 2 |
| Victorian popular fiction | 1 |
| Victorian-style novel | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: sensation novel
Generated description
A sensation novel is a 19th-century popular fiction genre characterized by melodramatic plots involving crime, secrets, and domestic scandal designed to provoke intense emotional and psychological responses in readers.
Instances (10)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Armadale | — |
| Man and Wife | — |
| The Law and the Lady | — |
| Poor Miss Finch | Victorian sensation novel |
| The Dead Secret | Victorian sensation novel |
| Uncle Silas | — |
| A Bloodsmoor Romance | Victorian-style novel |
| Pauline’s Passion and Punishment | sensation fiction work |
| V.V.; or, Plots and Counterplots | sensation fiction work |
| The Story of a Mystery | Victorian popular fiction |