Men Without Women

At a glance

Short story collection by Ernest Hemingway.

Author

Ernest Hemingway1899–1961

First published

1927

Original language

English

Genre

Literary fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Standard40,000 to 80,000 words

Readers' rating

3.5 out of 5from 28 ratings on Hardcover

How long it takes to read

About 2 h 44 min at 250 words a minute, or 4 h 25 min as an audiobook.

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Compared with other books

The books closest in length, and a few well-known ones for scale.

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8. 8Men Without WomenErnest Hemingway41,052
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10. 10Dorothy and the Wizard in OzL. Frank Baum40,875Compare

Counted from the text

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

Words in the text

41,052

Dialogue

30%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

9.1 words

Vocabulary

337 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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