Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal about the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing

by Ben Blatt

Book Overview

An NPR Best Book of 2017: "A hell of a lot of fun." --NPR One of Lit Hub 's "The Best Books About Books" "Enlightening." -- The Wall Street Journal Data meets literature in this brilliant new look at our favorite authors and their masterpieces: Do literary titans follow their own writing advice (and is it any good)? Do men and women write their characters differently? What are each author's favorite words and clich s? There's a famous piece of writing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501105388
• ISBN13: 9781501105388
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.5"