# Ann Veronica

Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells has 96,161 words.

## At a glance

Novel by H. G. Wells.

- **Author:** [H. G. Wells](https://musael.com/books/authors/h-g-wells.md) (1866–1946)
- **First published:** 1909
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** romance
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 96,161
- **Reading time:** 6 h 25 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 10 h 20 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 8 h 1 min | 17 days |
| 250 wpm | 6 h 25 min | 13 days |
| 300 wpm | 5 h 21 min | 11 days |

## Read or listen

Ann Veronica is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/524
- LibriVox audiobook (10 h 25 min): https://librivox.org/ann-veronica-by-h-g-wells/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 96,161
- Chapters: 107
- Dialogue: 36% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 12.8 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/524 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1247736
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Veronica
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL52258W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/524

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/ann-veronica