# The Hero of the People

The Hero of the People by Alexandre Dumas has 79,147 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Alexandre Dumas](https://musael.com/books/authors/alexandre-dumas.md) (1802–1870)
- **Genre:** historical fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 79,147
- **Reading time:** 5 h 17 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 8 h 31 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 6 h 36 min | 14 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 17 min | 11 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 24 min | 9 days |

## Read or listen

The Hero of the People is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42681

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 79,147
- Chapters: 29
- Dialogue: 51% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 16.6 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42681 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16800597W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42681

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-hero-of-the-people