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At a glance
American epistolary novel.
- Author
- Jean Webster1876–1916
- First published
- 1912
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Romance
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Shortunder 40,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 3.8 out of 5from 60 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 2 h 28 min at 250 words a minute, or 3 h 59 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 3 h 5 min | 7 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 2 h 28 min | 5 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 2 h 3 min | 5 days |
Daddy-Long-Legs
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- Words in the text
- 36,979
- Average sentence
- 14.2 words
- Vocabulary
- 470 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
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Questions
How many words is Daddy-Long-Legs?
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster has 36,979 words.
How long does it take to read Daddy-Long-Legs?
About 2 h 28 min at 250 words a minute, or 3 h 59 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Daddy-Long-Legs at 30 minutes a day?
About 5 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Daddy-Long-Legs?
Daddy-Long-Legs was written by Jean Webster and first published in 1912.
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