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Table 2 Descriptive information for the stimulus stories used in the three previous studies

From: Different routes to liking: how readers arrive at narrative evaluations

Study

Story

Author

Year of publication

Word count

Study 1

(Mak & Willems, 2019)

De mensen die alles lieten bezorgen (The people that had everything delivered)

Rob van Essen (2014)

2014

2988

De Chinese bruiloft (The Chinese wedding)

Sanneke van Hassel (2012)

2012

2659

Signalen en symbolen (Symbols and signs)

Vladimir Nabokov 2003)

1948/2003

2143

Study 2

(Eekhof et al., 2018)

Het is muis (It is mouse)

Sanneke van Hassel (2012)

2012

2016

Hoe de wolven dansen (How the wolves dance)

Jordi Lammers (2017)

2017

1176

De invaller (The substitute)

René Appel (2003)

2003

743

Ze is overal (She is everywhere)

Ed van Eeden (2015)

2015

1074

Study 3

(Mak et al., 2020)

Brommer op zee (Moped on sea)

Maarten Biesheuvel (1972)

1972

1827

God en de gekkenrechter (God and the judge of the insane)

Adriaan van Dis (1986)

1986

2026