# The History of Sir Richard Calmady

The History of Sir Richard Calmady by Lucas Malet has 261,722 words.

## At a glance

1901 novel by Lucas Malet.

- **Author:** [Lucas Malet](https://musael.com/books/authors/lucas-malet.md) (1852–1931)
- **First published:** 1901
- **Genre:** romance
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 261,722
- **Reading time:** 17 h 27 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 28 h 9 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 21 h 49 min | 44 days |
| 250 wpm | 17 h 27 min | 35 days |
| 300 wpm | 14 h 32 min | 30 days |

## Read or listen

The History of Sir Richard Calmady is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23784

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 261,722
- Chapters: 60
- Dialogue: 32% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 16 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23784 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124088414
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24735233W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23784

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-history-of-sir-richard-calmady