Nabokov s Favorite Word Is Mauve

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Nabokov s Favorite Word Is Mauve

Author	: Ben Blatt
File Size	: 47,8 Mb
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Language	: English
Release Date	: 14 March 2017
ISBN	: 9781501105388
Pages	: 288 pages

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Nabokov s Favorite Word Is Mauve by Ben Blatt Book PDF Summary

"Blatt brings big data to the literary canon, exploring the wealth of fun findings that remain hidden in the works of the world's greatest writers. He assembles a database of thousands of books and hundreds of millions of words, and starts asking the questions that have intrigued curious word nerds and book lovers for generations: What are our favorite authors' favorite words? Do men and women write differently? Are bestsellers getting dumber over time? Which bestselling writer uses the most clichaes? What makes a great opening sentence? How can we judge a book by its cover? And which writerly advice is worth following or ignoring?"--Amazon.com.

Nabokov s Favorite Word Is Mauve by Ben Blatt

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