Manon Lescaut

At a glance

Novel by Abbé Prévost.

Author

abbé Prévost1697–1763

First published

1731

Original language

French

Genre

Adventure

Readers

Adult

Length

Standard40,000 to 80,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 4 h 9 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 42 min as an audiobook.

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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

62,282

Average sentence

24.2 words

Vocabulary

435 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.

• gutenberg.orgword count
• 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.

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