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At a glance
- Author
- Berta Ruck1878–1978
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Long80,000 to 120,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 6 h 1 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 42 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 7 h 31 min | 16 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 6 h 1 min | 13 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 5 h 1 min | 11 days |
The Boy with Wings
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Compared with other books
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Counted from the text
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- Words in the text
- 90,178
- Chapters
- 39about 2,312 words each
- Dialogue
- 32%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 13 words
- Vocabulary
- 451 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
Where the numbers come from
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- openlibrary.orgbook record
- hardcover.appreaders' rating
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Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Boy with Wings?
The Boy with Wings by Berta Ruck has 90,178 words.
How long does it take to read The Boy with Wings?
About 6 h 1 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 42 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read The Boy with Wings at 30 minutes a day?
About 13 days at an average reading speed.
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