Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve
Author: Ben Blatt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1501105388


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"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
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Ben Blatt
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-14 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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"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
Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Ben Blatt
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-23 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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