A Little Girl of Long Ago

At a glance

Author

Amanda M. Douglas1831–1916

Genre

Historical fiction

Readers

Middle grade

Length

Long80,000 to 120,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 6 h 12 min at 250 words a minute, or 10 h as an audiobook.

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Compared with other books

The books closest in length, and a few well-known ones for scale.

1. 1War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy587,287Compare
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4. 4The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad93,164Compare
5. 5Men at ArmsTerry Pratchett93,107Compare
6. 6A Little Girl of Long AgoAmanda M. Douglas92,996
7. 7Feet of ClayTerry Pratchett92,827Compare
8. 8The Kill OrderJames Dashner91,996Compare
9. 9Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJ. K. Rowling76,944Compare
10. 10The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald47,094Compare

Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

Words in the text

92,996

Chapters

22about 4,227 words each

Dialogue

29%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

13.2 words

Vocabulary

442 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.

Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

• gutenberg.orgword count
• openlibrary.orgbook record

The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

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