339,112words
- Pages
- 976paperback, Vintage Classics, 2008
- Reading time
- 22 h 36 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 36 h 28 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1850
Compared with other books
Longer than 93% of the other 366 books here.
Counted from the text
Musael counted the Project Gutenberg text of this book. It can include a preface or notes, so the total can differ a little from the figure above.
- Words in the text
- 355,176
- Chapters
- 64about 5,550 words each
- Average sentence
- 15.6 words
- Vocabulary
- 412 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 339,112 to 356,699 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- penguin.co.ukpages of this edition · ISBN 9780099511465
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is David Copperfield?
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens has 339,112 words.
How many pages is David Copperfield?
976 pages in the paperback, Vintage Classics, 2008 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read David Copperfield?
About 22 h 36 min at 250 words a minute, or 36 h 28 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.