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At a glance
- Author
- May Sinclair1863–1946
- Genre
- Literary fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Very long120,000 to 200,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 10 h 17 min at 250 words a minute, or 16 h 35 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 12 h 51 min | 26 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 10 h 17 min | 21 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 8 h 34 min | 18 days |
The Creators
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Counted from the text
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- Words in the text
- 154,265
- Dialogue
- 29%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 11.2 words
- Vocabulary
- 393 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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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 Creators?
The Creators by May Sinclair has 154,265 words.
How long does it take to read The Creators?
About 10 h 17 min at 250 words a minute, or 16 h 35 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read The Creators at 30 minutes a day?
About 21 days at an average reading speed.
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