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At a glance
- Author
- Thomas Hardy1840–1928
- Genre
- Romance
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Very long120,000 to 200,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 8 h 45 min at 250 words a minute, or 14 h 7 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 10 h 56 min | 22 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 8 h 45 min | 18 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 7 h 17 min | 15 days |
A Pair of Blue Eyes
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Counted from the text
Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.
- Words in the text
- 131,271
- Chapters
- 40about 3,282 words each
- Dialogue
- 42%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 14.6 words
- Vocabulary
- 450 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.
- standardebooks.orgword count
- gutenberg.orgword count
- openlibrary.orgcover and record
- wikidata.orgdescription and author
- hardcover.appreaders' rating
The word count is Standard Ebooks’ count of its edition; the figures under “Counted from the text” are Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text.
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.
Questions
How many words is A Pair of Blue Eyes?
A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy has 131,237 words.
How long does it take to read A Pair of Blue Eyes?
About 8 h 45 min at 250 words a minute, or 14 h 7 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read A Pair of Blue Eyes at 30 minutes a day?
About 18 days at an average reading speed.
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