BeatriceHN-A4

[BeatriceHN]

ready for review

[the-other-thanos]

Code works and produces nice outputs for the test files used.
Your code is very simple and easy to follow, the output is also nicely formatted with the textwrapper. The way you split your functions separates the two cases, words and characters very nicely and makes for a clean script that is easy to read. I am a bit torn on it though since the functions are fairly repetitive and could be adapted to handle both cases I think, but thats a matter of taste.
I like your approach of allowing the user to specify the max length and it would be even nicer if the output was printed in real time so that the user could see they are stuck in a cycle. It's funny reading your warning about running indefinitely while hearing your laptop fight for its life haha.
Last but not least, <3 the LotR text file! Well done!