The Jungle

words removed
151,428
marks left
26,028
words a sentence
22.6
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: Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert. More twins

Upton Sinclair on the shelf

2 books by Upton Sinclair are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 2nd closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Upton Sinclair's punctuation is closest to Gustave Flaubert's.

Upton Sinclair's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookUpton Sinclair's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons11.210.27.2
Commas70.570.076.6
Colons0.61.31.6
Exclamation marks5.35.82.8
Question marks3.43.83.7
Words per sentence22.621.417.0
Dialogue13%20%22%
  • The Jungle1905
  • Boston1928

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

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