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|    Wilford Dumont to All    |
|    Re: Interesting Side Note - Book Length    |
|    10 Jul 11 13:21:02    |
      From: wilforddumont@gmail.net              You didn't plagiarize this for nothing so I'll bite. /WD              On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:39:55 -0400, VD wrote:              > There exists offline discussion, and argument, regarding the longest       > book in the HP septology.       >       > FYI       >       > American British       > Sorcerer's Stone 309 223 (Philosopher's Stone)       > Chamber of Secrets 352 251       > Prisoner of Azkaban 448 317       > Goblet of Fire 734 640       > Order of the Phoenix 897 766       > Half Blood Prince 672 607       > Deathly Hallows 784 608       >       > In all editions, OOTP is the largest.       >       > From Wikipedia, OOtP in the US also had the most words/page (about       > 290, where the rest are 240-260), or it would have been even longer.       > In the UK, the first three and OOtP are about 340 words/page, where       > GoF and HPB are 300 and 280 respectively. Assuming the US DH is       > about the same 260 words/page as GOF, it will be about 205,000 words,       > and the UK versions is back to 340 words/page.       >       > Word US words/ UK words/       > Book Count pages page pages page       > PS 76,944 309 249 223 345       > CoS 85,141 352 242 251 339       > PoA 107,253 448 239 317 338       > GoF 190,637 734 260 640 298       > OotP 257,045 897 287 766 336       > HBP 168,923 672 251 607 278       > DH 205,000 784 261 608 337              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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