Southern Literature From 1579-1895

words removed
135,293
marks left
39,502
words a sentence
10.2
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: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, Arnold Bennett. More twins

Louise Manly on the shelf

It's the only book by Louise Manly on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Louise Manly's punctuation is closest to Arnold Bennett's.

Arnold Bennett'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
Semicolons6.97.2
Commas108.376.6
Colons2.41.6
Exclamation marks2.72.8
Question marks4.43.7
Words per sentence10.217.0
Dialogue12%22%

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

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