# Barnaby Rudge

Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens has 255,380 words.

## At a glance

1840 novel by Charles Dickens.

- **Author:** [Charles Dickens](https://musael.com/books/authors/charles-dickens.md) (1812–1870)
- **First published:** 1840
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** historical fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 255,380
- **Reading time:** 17 h 2 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 27 h 28 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 21 h 17 min | 43 days |
| 250 wpm | 17 h 2 min | 35 days |
| 300 wpm | 14 h 11 min | 29 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/barnaby-rudge
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/917
- LibriVox audiobook (24 h 17 min): https://librivox.org/barnaby-rudge-by-charles-dickens/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 253,645
- Chapters: 82
- Average sentence: 20.2 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/barnaby-rudge (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/917 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2362527
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Rudge
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8300174W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/917

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/barnaby-rudge