# Paul Clifford

Paul Clifford by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton has 180,865 words.

## At a glance

Novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

- **Author:** [Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton](https://musael.com/books/authors/edward-bulwer-lytton-baron-lytton.md) (1803–1873)
- **First published:** 1830
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** thriller
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 180,865
- **Reading time:** 12 h 3 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 19 h 27 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 15 h 4 min | 31 days |
| 250 wpm | 12 h 3 min | 25 days |
| 300 wpm | 10 h 3 min | 21 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7735

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 180,865
- Chapters: 35
- Dialogue: 37% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 22.4 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7735 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7149872
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Clifford
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8088750W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7735

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/paul-clifford