# Robert Elsmere

Robert Elsmere by Humphry Mrs. Ward has 286,492 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Humphry Mrs. Ward](https://musael.com/books/authors/humphry-mrs-ward.md) (1851–1920)
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 286,492
- **Reading time:** 19 h 6 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 30 h 48 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 23 h 52 min | 48 days |
| 250 wpm | 19 h 6 min | 39 days |
| 300 wpm | 15 h 55 min | 32 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24898
- LibriVox audiobook (28 h 38 min): https://librivox.org/robert-elsmere-by-mary-augusta-ward/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 286,492
- Chapters: 52
- Average sentence: 19.9 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24898 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL107897W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24898

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/robert-elsmere