57,689words
- Pages
- 243paperback, Puffin, 2004
- Reading time
- 3 h 51 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 6 h 12 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1902
Book 3 of 4 in Sherlock Holmes
Compared with other books
Longer than 19% of the other 366 books here.
Counted from the text
Musael counted the Project Gutenberg text of this book. It can include a preface or notes, so the total can differ a little from the figure above.
- Words in the text
- 59,413
- Chapters
- 15about 3,961 words each
- Dialogue
- 59%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 14.5 words
- Vocabulary
- 415 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 57,689 to 59,283 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- content.schoolinsites.comword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780140366990
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Hound of the Baskervilles?
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle has 57,689 words.
How many pages is The Hound of the Baskervilles?
243 pages in the paperback, Puffin, 2004 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Hound of the Baskervilles?
About 3 h 51 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 12 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.