Cameron of Lochiel

At a glance

1863 novel by Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé.

Author

Philippe Aubert de Gaspé1786–1871

First published

1863

Original language

French

Genre

Historical fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Long80,000 to 120,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 5 h 51 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 27 min as an audiobook.

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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

87,831

Chapters

18about 4,880 words each

Dialogue

54%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

19.7 words

Vocabulary

452 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.

• gutenberg.orgword count
• openlibrary.orgcover and record
• wikidata.orgdescription and author

The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.

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