Jane Austen

How many words is Emma?

Emma by Jane Austen has 155,887 words.

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Pages
496paperback, Penguin English Library, 2012
Reading time
10 h 24 minat 250 words a minute
Listening time
16 h 46 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
First published
1815

Compared with other books

Longer than 69% 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
160,541
Chapters
55about 2,919 words each
Dialogue
51%of the words are inside quotation marks
Average sentence
17.4 words
Vocabulary
398 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary

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Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 155,887 to 160,415 words.

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

Questions

How many words is Emma?

Emma by Jane Austen has 155,887 words.

How many pages is Emma?

496 pages in the paperback, Penguin English Library, 2012 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.

How long does it take to read Emma?

About 10 h 24 min at 250 words a minute, or 16 h 46 min as an audiobook.

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