# Resurrection

Resurrection by Leo graf Tolstoy has 172,907 words.

## At a glance

1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy.

- **Author:** [Leo graf Tolstoy](https://musael.com/books/authors/leo-graf-tolstoy.md) (1828–1910)
- **First published:** 1899
- **Original language:** Russian
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 172,907
- **Reading time:** 11 h 32 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 18 h 36 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 14 h 25 min | 29 days |
| 250 wpm | 11 h 32 min | 24 days |
| 300 wpm | 9 h 36 min | 20 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leo-tolstoy/resurrection/louise-maude
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1938

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 173,045
- Chapters: 129
- Dialogue: 26% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 17.8 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leo-tolstoy/resurrection/louise-maude (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1938 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146866
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_%28Tolstoy_novel%29
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40219938W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1938

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

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