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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>“<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The most masculine classic novel written by a woman”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>As the kids say, wtf?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces+mhussey=verizon.net@lists.osu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Karen Levenback<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 31, 2017 7:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> VWOOLF Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] Virginia Woolf--statistically<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>NPR review of Benjamin Bratt's <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_9279">Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve: That the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing </i>notes that Virginia Woolf is the writer who uses the fewest cliches.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In her nine novels, she also uses 116 -ly adverbs per 10,000 words.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The most masculine classic novel written by a woman is her <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_12508">Orlando.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The Waves</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> is the #1 book with the most 2-word anaphora: 5.5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Bratt includes much more as well (Jim Haule take note!).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Cheers--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490958202283_5531"><p class=MsoNormal 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