The Dash for Khartoum

At a glance

1892 novel by G. A. Henty.

Author

G. A. Henty1832–1902

First published

1892

Genre

Historical fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Very long120,000 to 200,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 9 h 59 min at 250 words a minute, or 16 h 6 min as an audiobook.

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The books closest in length, and a few well-known ones for scale.

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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

149,664

Chapters

21about 7,127 words each

Dialogue

51%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

17.9 words

Vocabulary

387 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.

• gutenberg.orgword count
• openlibrary.orgcover and record
• wikidata.orgdescription and author
• hardcover.appreaders' rating

The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.

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

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