The Eel is part of the Machines & Invention catalogue. The record identifies De Ford, Miriam Allen, 1888-1975, Dillon, Diane, 1933- [Illustrator], Dillon, Leo, 1933-2012 [Illustrator] as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 6,302 words, corresponding to an estimated 28 minutes of reading, and is divided into 1 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 22.8 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.257. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Science fiction, Short stories, Criminals -- Fiction. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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