The Valley of Eyes Unseen

words removed
87,421
marks left
14,333
words a sentence
19.7
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: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad. More twins

Gilbert Collins on the shelf

It's the only book by Gilbert Collins on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Gilbert Collins's punctuation is closest to Confucius's.

Confucius'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
Semicolons3.17.2
Commas60.576.6
Colons1.01.6
Exclamation marks1.12.8
Question marks3.63.7
Words per sentence19.717.0
Dialogue29%22%

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

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