# Pollyanna

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter has 56,658 words.

## At a glance

1913 children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter.

- **Author:** [Eleanor H. Porter](https://musael.com/books/authors/eleanor-h-porter.md) (1868–1920)
- **First published:** 1913
- **Original language:** American English
- **Genre:** children fiction
- **Readers:** middle grade

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 56,658
- **Reading time:** 3 h 47 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 6 h 6 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 4 h 43 min | 10 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 47 min | 8 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 9 min | 7 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/eleanor-h-porter/pollyanna
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1450
- LibriVox audiobook (6 h 54 min): https://librivox.org/pollyanna-by-eleanor-h-porter/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 55,755
- Chapters: 32
- Dialogue: 55% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 11.3 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/eleanor-h-porter/pollyanna (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1450 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2348190
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2775807W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1450

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

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