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At a glance
Novel by Louisa May Alcott.
- Author
- Louisa May Alcott1832–1888
- First published
- 1869
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Children fiction
- Readers
- Middle grade
- Length
- Long80,000 to 120,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 4.0 out of 5from 25 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 6 h 49 min at 250 words a minute, or 11 h as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 8 h 31 min | 18 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 6 h 49 min | 14 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 5 h 41 min | 12 days |
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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Counted from the text
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- Words in the text
- 102,285
- Chapters
- 19about 5,383 words each
- Dialogue
- 47%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 20.3 words
- Vocabulary
- 438 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
Where the numbers come from
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- wikidata.orgdescription and author
- hardcover.appreaders' rating
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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 An Old-Fashioned Girl?
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott has 102,285 words.
How long does it take to read An Old-Fashioned Girl?
About 6 h 49 min at 250 words a minute, or 11 h as an audiobook.
How many days to read An Old-Fashioned Girl at 30 minutes a day?
About 14 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote An Old-Fashioned Girl?
An Old-Fashioned Girl was written by Louisa May Alcott and first published in 1869.
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