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Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve

The Literary Quirks and Oddities of our Most-Loved Authors

Ben Blatt
Ben Blatt brings his skills as a statistician to bear on the writing styles of authors from Shakespeare to JK Rowling, using numbers to reveal the nuts and bolts of their writing – including word counts, favourite words, how simple their sentences are or what percentage of the book jacket is taken up by their name.  
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Year: 2018
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 286pp
  • Illustrated: No
  • Dimensions: 197x128mm
  • ISBN: 9781471152832
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.2kg
Product code:
512153
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