# Mr. Standfast

Mr. Standfast by John Buchan has 128,466 words.

## At a glance

1919 novel by John Buchan.

- **Author:** [John Buchan](https://musael.com/books/authors/john-buchan.md) (1875–1940)
- **First published:** 1919
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** thriller
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 128,466
- **Reading time:** 8 h 34 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 13 h 49 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 10 h 42 min | 22 days |
| 250 wpm | 8 h 34 min | 18 days |
| 300 wpm | 7 h 8 min | 15 days |

## Read or listen

Mr. Standfast is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/john-buchan/mr-standfast
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/560
- LibriVox audiobook (11 h 52 min): https://librivox.org/mr-standfast-by-john-buchan/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 128,700
- Chapters: 22
- Dialogue: 30% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 15.3 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/john-buchan/mr-standfast (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/560 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16387145
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Standfast
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL76598W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/560

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/mr-standfast