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At a glance
1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894
- First published
- 1886
- Original language
- Scots
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Long80,000 to 120,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 3.7 out of 5from 35 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 5 h 23 min at 250 words a minute, or 8 h 40 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 6 h 43 min | 14 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 5 h 23 min | 11 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 4 h 29 min | 9 days |
Kidnapped
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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
- 81,973
- Chapters
- 30about 2,732 words each
- Dialogue
- 31%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 20.2 words
- Vocabulary
- 407 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.orgcover and 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. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.
Questions
How many words is Kidnapped?
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson has 80,628 words.
How long does it take to read Kidnapped?
About 5 h 23 min at 250 words a minute, or 8 h 40 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Kidnapped at 30 minutes a day?
About 11 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Kidnapped?
Kidnapped was written by Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886.
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.