# Aspects of the Novel

Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster has 45,228 words.

## At a glance

Work based on based on a series of lectures by E. M. Forster.

- **Author:** [E. M. Forster](https://musael.com/books/authors/e-m-forster.md) (1879–1970)
- **First published:** 1927
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 45,228
- **Reading time:** 3 h 1 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 4 h 52 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 3 h 46 min | 8 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 1 min | 7 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 31 min | 6 days |

## Read or listen

Aspects of the Novel is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/e-m-forster/aspects-of-the-novel
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70492
- LibriVox audiobook (5 h 3 min): https://librivox.org/aspects-of-the-novel-by-e-m-forster/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 45,445
- Dialogue: 7% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 20.4 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/e-m-forster/aspects-of-the-novel (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70492 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4145994
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspects_of_the_Novel
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL88875W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70492

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/aspects-of-the-novel