King Solomon's Mines

words removed
82,970
marks left
16,236
words a sentence
19.5
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: The Willows, Algernon Blackwood. More twins

H. Rider Haggard on the shelf

It's the only book by H. Rider Haggard on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, H. Rider Haggard's punctuation is closest to Jules Verne's.

Jules Verne's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookEvery book's median
Semicolons6.47.2
Commas87.876.6
Colons0.41.6
Exclamation marks4.62.8
Question marks3.23.7
Words per sentence19.517.0
Dialogue30%22%

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

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