# Heidi

Heidi by Johanna Spyri has 50,172 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Johanna Spyri](https://musael.com/books/authors/johanna-spyri.md) (1827–1901)
- **Genre:** children fiction
- **Readers:** middle grade

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 50,172
- **Reading time:** 3 h 21 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 5 h 24 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 4 h 11 min | 9 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 21 min | 7 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 47 min | 6 days |

## Read or listen

Heidi is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/johanna-spyri/heidi/elisabeth-p-stork
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46409
- LibriVox audiobook (9 h 45 min): https://librivox.org/heidi-by-johanna-spyri-solo/

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 66,736
- Chapters: 23
- Dialogue: 33% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 20.2 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/johanna-spyri/heidi/elisabeth-p-stork (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46409 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1455042W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46409

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/heidi