The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol. 1, 1837-1843

words removed
219,518
marks left
39,759
words a sentence
21.4
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: The Younger Edda, Snorri Sturluson. More twins

Queen of Great Britain Victoria on the shelf

It's the only book by Queen of Great Britain Victoria on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Queen of Great Britain Victoria's punctuation is closest to Helen Gray Cone's.

Helen Gray Cone'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
Semicolons5.77.2
Commas67.976.6
Colons6.11.6
Exclamation marks1.02.8
Question marks0.73.7
Words per sentence21.417.0
Dialogue6%22%

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

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