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H. De Vere Stacpoole1908Adventure

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon by H. De Vere Stacpoole has 62,298 words, about 4 h 9 min of reading.

words
62,298
Reading time
4 h 9 min
Listening time
6 h 42 min

Standard Longer than 25% of the other 735 books here.

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At a glance

1908 novel by Henry de Vere Stacpoole.

Author
H. De Vere Stacpoole1863–1951
First published
1908
Original language
English
Readers
Adult
Length
Standard40,000 to 80,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 4 h 9 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 42 min as an audiobook.

Reading speedWhole bookAt 30 minutes a day
Careful200 words a minute5 h 11 min11 days
Average250 words a minute4 h 9 min9 days
Fast300 words a minute3 h 28 min7 days

The Blue Lagoon

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Counted from the text

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

Words in the text
64,789
Chapters
53about 1,222 words each
Dialogue
16%of the words are inside quotation marks
Average sentence
18.2 words
Vocabulary
428 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.

Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

The word count is Standard Ebooks’ count of its edition; the figures under “Counted from the text” are Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.

Questions

How many words is The Blue Lagoon?

The Blue Lagoon by H. De Vere Stacpoole has 62,298 words.

How long does it take to read The Blue Lagoon?

About 4 h 9 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 42 min as an audiobook.

How many days to read The Blue Lagoon at 30 minutes a day?

About 9 days at an average reading speed.

Who wrote The Blue Lagoon?

The Blue Lagoon was written by H. De Vere Stacpoole and first published in 1908.

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