Scientific evaluation of Charles Dickens
Physics and Society
2013-02-05 v2 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
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Abstract
I report the results of the test, where the takers had to tell the prose of Charles Dickens from that of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who is considered by many to be the worst writer in history of letters. The average score is about 50%, which is on the level of random guessing. This suggests that the quality of Dickens' prose is the same as of that of Bulwer-Lytton.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0909.2479,
title = {Scientific evaluation of Charles Dickens},
author = {M. V. Simkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.2479},
year = {2013}
}