Odd question for y'all...

[Rich]

Robert Coover's story The Last One is a great Bluebeard story. Also check out Catherine brelliat's movie version. 
Feminist takes on old story. 

Rich


> On Jan 6, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Martha Rooster-Singh <martharoostersingh at gmail.com> wrote:
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> speaking of articles and Bluebeards and Castles made of counted words. 
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> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/mar/17/arts.highereducation
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>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Martha Rooster-Singh <martharoostersingh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Where would be without academics? And Bean Counters and...cut and paste word count? 
>> How many verbs does P use in that little novel? Does he use more verbs now than he did when he was younger? How about them articles? There's a dissertation in that one, somewhere...
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>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 46,812 words
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>>>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Just reminding: Pynchon hisself calls it a short story marketed as a novel...and usu @40,000 words plus or less
>>>> is called a novella.....
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>>>> On Sunday, January 5, 2014 4:22 PM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm no academic, but Google tells me the answer is 46,573.
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>>>> http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2012/03/06/the-average-book-has-64500-words/
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>>>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Do any of the academics on this list have any idea about how many
>>>> > WORDS are in Crying of Lot 49? The question has come up for a young
>>>> > professor friend of mine and he knows I'm a fan, and asked me, and so
>>>> > I pose the question to y'all. I don't currently have a copy, otherwise
>>>> > I'd do a rough estimate for him myself.
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>>>> > Thanks in advance!
>>>> > Mark T. / Jerky LeBoeuf
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