105,312words
- Pages
- 304paperback, Puffin Books, 2016
- Reading time
- 7 h 1 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 11 h 19 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1871
Book 2 of 3 in Little Women
Compared with other books
Longer than 52% 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
- 104,984
- Chapters
- 21about 4,999 words each
- Dialogue
- 38%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 19.2 words
- Vocabulary
- 440 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 104,102 to 105,312 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- content.schoolinsites.comword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780141366081
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Little Men?
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott has 105,312 words.
How many pages is Little Men?
304 pages in the paperback, Puffin Books, 2016 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Little Men?
About 7 h 1 min at 250 words a minute, or 11 h 19 min as an audiobook.
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.