# The House on the Borderland

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson has 50,945 words.

## At a glance

Novel by William Hope Hodgson.

- **Author:** [William Hope Hodgson](https://musael.com/books/authors/william-hope-hodgson.md) (1877–1918)
- **First published:** 1946
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 50,945
- **Reading time:** 3 h 24 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 5 h 29 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 4 h 15 min | 9 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 24 min | 7 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 50 min | 6 days |

## Read or listen

The House on the Borderland is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-hope-hodgson/the-house-on-the-borderland
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10002

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 50,949
- Average sentence: 17.2 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-hope-hodgson/the-house-on-the-borderland (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10002 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7740707
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_the_Borderland_and_Other_Novels
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL810402W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10002

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-house-on-the-borderland