Nabokov's favourite word is mauve : the literary quirks and oddities of our most-loved authors
Blatt, Ben2017
Books
'Nabokov's Favourite Word is Mauve' is a playful look at what the numbers have to say about our favourite authors and their classic books. Journalist and statistician Ben Blatt asks the questions that have intrigued curious book lovers for generations: Does each writer have their own stylistic footprint? Do men and women write differently? What are the crutch words our best-loved authors fall back on? Which writer is the most cliched?
Main title:
Author:
Blatt, Ben, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Collation:
271 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781471152825 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
809809 BLA
Language:
English
BRN:
79964