# The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. Smollett has 149,130 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [T. Smollett](https://musael.com/books/authors/t-smollett.md) (1721–1771)
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 149,130
- **Reading time:** 9 h 57 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 16 h 2 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 12 h 26 min | 25 days |
| 250 wpm | 9 h 57 min | 20 days |
| 300 wpm | 8 h 17 min | 17 days |

## Read or listen

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2160

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 149,130

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2160 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3203413
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17864019W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2160

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-expedition-of-humphry-clinker