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At a glance
- Author
- William Ware1797–1852
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Very long120,000 to 200,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 9 h 49 min at 250 words a minute, or 15 h 50 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 12 h 16 min | 25 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 9 h 49 min | 20 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 8 h 11 min | 17 days |
Aurelian
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Counted from the text
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- Words in the text
- 147,251
- Chapters
- 11about 13,386 words each
- Average sentence
- 25.6 words
- Vocabulary
- 423 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
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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 Aurelian?
Aurelian by William Ware has 147,251 words.
How long does it take to read Aurelian?
About 9 h 49 min at 250 words a minute, or 15 h 50 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Aurelian at 30 minutes a day?
About 20 days at an average reading speed.
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