The Enchanted April

words removed
79,178
marks left
17,251
words a sentence
13.5
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: Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs. More twins

Elizabeth Von Arnim on the shelf

It's the only book by Elizabeth Von Arnim on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Elizabeth Von Arnim's punctuation is closest to Ruth Lamb's.

Ruth Lamb'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
Commas79.576.6
Colons0.41.6
Exclamation marks0.62.8
Question marks5.53.7
Words per sentence13.517.0
Dialogue12%22%

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

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