Melvil Decimal System: 820.9

Wording: Literature > English > English Literature > Biography And History

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0 Information 196,271 ℹ️	1 Philosophy and Psychology 182,817 💭	2 Religion 463,618 🙏🏽	3 Social Sciences 1,017,722 👫	4 Language 130,463 💬	5 Mathematics and Science 322,970 🔬	6 Technology 751,857 💡	7 Arts and Recreation 695,836 🎨	8 Literature 929,792 📚	9 Biography and History 592,368 🗿
80 By Topic 75,504 📚	81 American And Canadian 418,287 🍁	82 English 214,460 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	83 German 67,985 🇩🇪	84 French 52,541 🇫🇷	85 Italian 22,273 🇮🇹	86 Spanish And Portuguese 31,518 🇪🇸	87 Latin 5,369 📜	88 Greek and other Classical languages 7,603 🇬🇷	89 Other Languages 34,252 🗨
820 English Literature 13,724	821 Poetry 30,508	822 Drama 18,317 🎭	823 Fiction 140,537	824 Essays 1,669 📄	825 English Speeches 82	826 English letters 294	827 English wit and humor 1,002 😂	828 English miscellaneous writings 7,670 👝	829 Old English literature, ca. 450-1100 657 🐉
820.0 78	820.1 Philosophy And Psychology 27	820.2 Miscellany 31	820.3 Dictionaries And Encyclopedias 43	820.4 Essays on English Literature 64 📄	820.5 Periodicals 55	820.6 Societies 59	820.7 Education And Research 228	820.8 Collections 2,207	820.9 Biography And History 7,550 🔙
820.90 1,010	820.91 251	820.92 Biography 41	820.93 1,250	820.94 23	820.95 2	820.96 1	820.97	820.98 66	820.99 875

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MDS classes with significant recommendations overlap, excluding ones under the same top-level class.

MDS	Schedule	Ratio	Count
942.0	Biography and History > Europe > England And Wales > England	9.9	109
942	Biography and History > Europe > England And Wales	5.4	152
941	Biography and History > Europe > Scotland and Ireland	5.1	182
305	Social Sciences > Social Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology > Groups of People ; Inequality	2.3	196
90X	Biography and History > History	2.1	105

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