# The English Spy

The English Spy by C. M. Westmacott has 214,805 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [C. M. Westmacott](https://musael.com/books/authors/c-m-westmacott.md) (1788–1868)
- **Genre:** humorous fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 214,805
- **Reading time:** 14 h 19 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 23 h 6 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 17 h 54 min | 36 days |
| 250 wpm | 14 h 19 min | 29 days |
| 300 wpm | 11 h 56 min | 24 days |

## Read or listen

The English Spy is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20001

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 214,805
- Chapters: 3
- Dialogue: 24% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 30.6 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20001 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL201377W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20001

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-english-spy