Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Non-Fiction / Science
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
—· 336 p· 1962
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canondarktensereflective
Overview
About
This account of the effects of pesticides on the environment launched the environmental movement in America.
Pages
336
Houghton Mifflin
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Scientific Argumentation10
Environmental Urgency10
Prose9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Pacing7
Worldbuilding2
Plot twists2
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