Jane Eyre

words removed
188,423
marks left
43,851
words a sentence
17.4
most used mark
,

Its punctuation fingerprint: each mark's share, on the same scale as every book on the shelf.

Its punctuation twin, the closest fingerprint on the shelf: Villette, Charlotte Brontë. More twins

Charlotte Brontë on the shelf

2 books by Charlotte Brontë are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 1st closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Charlotte Brontë's punctuation is closest to Voltaire's.

Charlotte Brontë's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookCharlotte Brontë's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons18.517.77.2
Commas77.182.676.6
Colons14.711.71.6
Exclamation marks4.94.72.8
Question marks7.97.13.7
Words per sentence17.417.617.0
Dialogue44%34%22%
  • Jane Eyre1847
  • Villette1853

Every mark in reading order, left to right, top to bottom. Sentence endings are pink.

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