Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781501105388
ISBN-13 : 1501105388
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Book Synopsis Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve by : Ben Blatt

Download or read book Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve written by Ben Blatt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.


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