For the Defence is part of the Crime & Investigation catalogue. The record identifies Hume, Fergus, 1859-1932 as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 60,084 words, corresponding to an estimated 262 minutes of reading, and is divided into 7 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 13.5 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.086. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: England -- Fiction, Trials (Murder) -- Fiction, Mystery fiction. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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