183,833words
- Pages
- 544paperback, Penguin Classics, 1990
- Reading time
- 12 h 15 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 19 h 46 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1868
Book 1 of 3 in Little Women
Compared with other books
Longer than 77% 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
- 192,804
- Dialogue
- 42%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 20 words
- Vocabulary
- 451 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 183,833 to 195,301 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- content.schoolinsites.comword count
- penguin.co.ukpages of this edition · ISBN 9780140390698
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Little Women?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott has 183,833 words.
How many pages is Little Women?
544 pages in the paperback, Penguin Classics, 1990 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Little Women?
About 12 h 15 min at 250 words a minute, or 19 h 46 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.