The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone

The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

Irving Stone

755 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

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Michaelangelo's career as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet is traced from from his promising boyhood apprenticeships to the painter Ghirlandaio and the sculptor Bertoldo through all the years of his genius.

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Moods

informative 88%
inspiring 64%
reflective 45%
emotional 41%
challenging 25%
adventurous 19%
sad 19%
hopeful 11%
tense 11%
relaxing 5%
dark 1%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 34%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 60% | A mix: 29% | Plot: 7% | N/A: 2%

Strong character development?

Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 15% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 10%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 57% | Yes: 22% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 48% | No: 21% | It's complicated: 21% | N/A: 9%

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