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At a glance
1872 novel by Samuel Butler.
- Author
- Samuel Butler1835–1902
- First published
- 1872
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Humorous fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Long80,000 to 120,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 5 h 36 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 2 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 7 h | 14 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 5 h 36 min | 12 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 4 h 40 min | 10 days |
Erewhon
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Counted from the text
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- Words in the text
- 84,476
- Chapters
- 28about 3,017 words each
- Dialogue
- 18%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 32.3 words
- Vocabulary
- 415 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
Where the numbers come from
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- 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 Erewhon?
Erewhon by Samuel Butler has 83,952 words.
How long does it take to read Erewhon?
About 5 h 36 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 2 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Erewhon at 30 minutes a day?
About 12 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Erewhon?
Erewhon was written by Samuel Butler and first published in 1872.
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