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Figure 1: Output from SENT showing sentence lengths for Austen's Sense and Sensibility (published in 1811).

Words
Number
Percent
Graph of Percent
1
130
2.49
=========================
2
120
2.30
=======================
3
99
1.90
===================
4
155
2.97
==============================
5
186
3.56
====================================
6
224
4.29
===========================================
7
185
3.54
===================================
8
202
3.87
=======================================
9
193
3.70
=====================================
10
173
3.31
=================================
11
165
3.16
================================
12
150
2.87
=============================
13
149
2.85
=============================
14
131
2.51
=========================
15
138
2.64
==========================
16
143
2.74
===========================
17
108
2.07
=====================
18
107
2.05
=====================
19
139
2.66
===========================
20
105
2.01
====================

Figure 2: Output from SENT showing sentence lengths for Conrad's Lord Jim (published in 1899-1900).

Words
Number
Percent
Graph of Percent
1
398
5.02
==================================================
2
377
4.76
================================================
3
403
5.09
===================================================
4
405
5.11
===================================================
5
432
5.45
=======================================================
6
361
4.56
==============================================
7
369
4.66
===============================================
8
301
3.80
=======================================
9
284
3.58
=====================================
10
224
2.83
============================
11
279
3.52
===================================
12
234
2.95
==============================
13
221
2.79
============================
14
216
2.73
===========================
15
209
2.64
==========================
16
197
2.49
=========================
17
212
2.68
===========================
18
164
2.07
=====================
19
194
2.45
=========================
20
151
1.91
===================

Figure 3: Output from SENT showing sentence lengths for Janke's Jeremiah Bacon (published in 1980).

Words
Number
Percent
Graph of Percent
1
174
3.19
================
2
350
6.42
================================
3
354
6.49
================================
4
453
8.31
=========================================
5
413
7.58
======================================
6
421
7.72
======================================
7
360
6.60
=================================
8
311
5.71
============================
9
295
5.41
===========================
10
257
4.71
=======================
11
258
4.73
=======================
12
184
3.38
=================
13
184
3.38
=================
14
189
3.47
=================
15
142
2.61
=============
16
132
2.42
============
17
123
2.26
===========
18
109
2.00
==========
19
91
1.67
========
20
88
1.61
========