# The Napoleon of Notting Hill

The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton has 54,929 words.

## At a glance

Novel by G. K. Chesterton.

- **Author:** [G. K. Chesterton](https://musael.com/books/authors/g-k-chesterton.md) (1874–1936)
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** fantasy
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 54,929
- **Reading time:** 3 h 40 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 5 h 54 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 4 h 35 min | 10 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 40 min | 8 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 3 min | 7 days |

## Read or listen

The Napoleon of Notting Hill is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-chesterton/the-napoleon-of-notting-hill
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20058

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 55,381
- Chapters: 15
- Dialogue: 57% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 15.6 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-chesterton/the-napoleon-of-notting-hill (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20058 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3792823
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Napoleon_of_Notting_Hill
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL76473W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20058

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-napoleon-of-notting-hill