# Pamela

Pamela by Samuel Richardson has 223,053 words.

## At a glance

1740 novel by Samuel Richardson.

- **Author:** [Samuel Richardson](https://musael.com/books/authors/samuel-richardson.md) (1689–1761)
- **First published:** 1740
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 223,053
- **Reading time:** 14 h 52 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 23 h 59 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 18 h 35 min | 38 days |
| 250 wpm | 14 h 52 min | 30 days |
| 300 wpm | 12 h 24 min | 25 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6124

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 223,053
- Chapters: 31
- Average sentence: 23.4 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6124 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2048624
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela%3B_or%2C_Virtue_Rewarded
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1150772W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6124

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/pamela