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At a glance
- Author
- Alfred Ollivant1874–1927
- Genre
- Romance
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Long80,000 to 120,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 5 h 48 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 21 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 7 h 15 min | 15 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 5 h 48 min | 12 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 4 h 50 min | 10 days |
One Woman
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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
- 86,962
- Chapters
- 42about 2,071 words each
- Dialogue
- 27%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 11.4 words
- Vocabulary
- 466 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
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 One Woman?
One Woman by Alfred Ollivant has 86,962 words.
How long does it take to read One Woman?
About 5 h 48 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 21 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read One Woman at 30 minutes a day?
About 12 days at an average reading speed.
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