Cover of Memoirs of Fanny Hill

John Cleland1748Literary fiction

Memoirs of Fanny Hill

Memoirs of Fanny Hill by John Cleland has 84,621 words, about 5 h 38 min of reading.

words
84,621
Reading time
5 h 38 min
Listening time
9 h 6 min

Long Longer than 44% of the other 735 books here.

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At a glance

1748 novel by John Cleland.

Author
John Cleland1709–1789
First published
1748
Original language
English
Readers
Adult
Length
Long80,000 to 120,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 5 h 38 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 6 min as an audiobook.

Reading speedWhole bookAt 30 minutes a day
Careful200 words a minute7 h 3 min15 days
Average250 words a minute5 h 38 min12 days
Fast300 words a minute4 h 42 min10 days

Memoirs of Fanny Hill

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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
84,621
Dialogue
12%of the words are inside quotation marks
Vocabulary
451 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.

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 Memoirs of Fanny Hill?

Memoirs of Fanny Hill by John Cleland has 84,621 words.

How long does it take to read Memoirs of Fanny Hill?

About 5 h 38 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 6 min as an audiobook.

How many days to read Memoirs of Fanny Hill at 30 minutes a day?

About 12 days at an average reading speed.

Who wrote Memoirs of Fanny Hill?

Memoirs of Fanny Hill was written by John Cleland and first published in 1748.

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