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At a glance
1914 short story collection by James Joyce.
- Author
- James Joyce1882–1941
- First published
- 1914
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Literary fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Standard40,000 to 80,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 3.9 out of 5from 376 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 4 h 30 min at 250 words a minute, or 7 h 16 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 5 h 38 min | 12 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 4 h 30 min | 10 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 3 h 45 min | 8 days |
Dubliners
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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
- 67,616
- Dialogue
- 21%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 14.2 words
- Vocabulary
- 420 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.orgbook 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.
Questions
How many words is Dubliners?
Dubliners by James Joyce has 67,582 words.
How long does it take to read Dubliners?
About 4 h 30 min at 250 words a minute, or 7 h 16 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Dubliners at 30 minutes a day?
About 10 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Dubliners?
Dubliners was written by James Joyce and first published in 1914.
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