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At a glance
Juvenile epistolary novella by Jane Austen, dated 1790.
- Author
- Jane Austen1775–1817
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Romance
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Shortunder 40,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 2 h 15 min at 250 words a minute, or 3 h 38 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 2 h 49 min | 6 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 2 h 15 min | 5 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 1 h 52 min | 4 days |
Love and Freindship
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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
- 33,714
- Chapters
- 21about 1,605 words each
- Dialogue
- 26%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 24.1 words
- Vocabulary
- 418 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.
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- openlibrary.orgcover and record
- wikidata.orgdescription and author
- hardcover.appreaders' rating
The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.
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 Love and Freindship?
Love and Freindship by Jane Austen has 33,714 words.
How long does it take to read Love and Freindship?
About 2 h 15 min at 250 words a minute, or 3 h 38 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Love and Freindship at 30 minutes a day?
About 5 days at an average reading speed.
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