# Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde has 39,595 words.

## At a glance

Collection of short stories by Oscar Wilde.

- **Author:** [Oscar Wilde](https://musael.com/books/authors/oscar-wilde.md) (1854–1900)
- **First published:** 1891
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 39,595
- **Reading time:** 2 h 38 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 4 h 15 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 3 h 18 min | 7 days |
| 250 wpm | 2 h 38 min | 6 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 12 min | 5 days |

## Read or listen

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/773

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 39,595
- Chapters: 16
- Average sentence: 18.2 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/773 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1810331
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Arthur_Savile%27s_Crime_and_Other_Stories
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14877861W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/773

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/lord-arthur-saviles-crime