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At a glance
Novel by Edward Bellamy.
- Author
- Edward Bellamy1850–1898
- First published
- 1888
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Standard40,000 to 80,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 5 h 12 min at 250 words a minute, or 8 h 23 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 6 h 29 min | 13 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 5 h 12 min | 11 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 4 h 20 min | 9 days |
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
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Counted from the text
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- Words in the text
- 77,890
- Chapters
- 28about 2,782 words each
- Dialogue
- 66%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 22.6 words
- Vocabulary
- 427 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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- hardcover.appreaders' rating
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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 Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887?
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy has 77,890 words.
How long does it take to read Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887?
About 5 h 12 min at 250 words a minute, or 8 h 23 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 at 30 minutes a day?
About 11 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887?
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 was written by Edward Bellamy and first published in 1888.
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