Who Wrote The Blonde Countess? A Stylometric Analysis of Herbert O. Yardley's Fiction

One of Herbert O. Yardley's many careers was as a writer of short stories and novels of international intrigue. It is widely accepted [ 12 ] that Yardley wrote at least some of his fiction in collaboration with Carl H. Grabo, a professor of English at the University of Chicago. What is not comp...

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Published in:Cryptologia 2009-04, Vol.33 (2), p.108-117
Main Authors: Dooley, John F., Ramirez, Yvonne I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carl H. Grabo
codes
Cryptography
Grabo, Carl H
Herbert O. Yardley
Novels
Principal components analysis
spy fiction
stylometry
Writers
Yardley, Herbert O (1889-1958)
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Summary:One of Herbert O. Yardley's many careers was as a writer of short stories and novels of international intrigue. It is widely accepted [ 12 ] that Yardley wrote at least some of his fiction in collaboration with Carl H. Grabo, a professor of English at the University of Chicago. What is not completely known is which of Yardley's novels are predominantly Grabo, and which might be predominantly Yardley. This article presents a stylometric analysis of Yardley's novels and gives evidence on the identity of the author(s) of each.
ISSN:0161-1194
1558-1586
DOI:10.1080/01611190802653244