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At a glance
Novel by Sinclair Lewis.
- Author
- Sinclair Lewis1885–1951
- First published
- 1922
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Humorous fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Very long120,000 to 200,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 3.9 out of 5from 28 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 8 h 14 min at 250 words a minute, or 13 h 17 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 10 h 18 min | 21 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 8 h 14 min | 17 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 6 h 52 min | 14 days |
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Compared with other books
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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
- 122,829
- Chapters
- 34about 3,613 words each
- Dialogue
- 46%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 15.1 words
- Vocabulary
- 483 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 Babbitt?
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis has 123,501 words.
How long does it take to read Babbitt?
About 8 h 14 min at 250 words a minute, or 13 h 17 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Babbitt at 30 minutes a day?
About 17 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Babbitt?
Babbitt was written by Sinclair Lewis and first published in 1922.
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