# The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens has 218,714 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Charles Dickens](https://musael.com/books/authors/charles-dickens.md) (1812–1870)
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 218,714
- **Reading time:** 14 h 35 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 23 h 31 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 18 h 14 min | 37 days |
| 250 wpm | 14 h 35 min | 30 days |
| 300 wpm | 12 h 9 min | 25 days |

## Read or listen

The Old Curiosity Shop is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/the-old-curiosity-shop
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/700

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 216,147
- Chapters: 73
- Average sentence: 21 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/the-old-curiosity-shop (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/700 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2700616
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14869167W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/700

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-old-curiosity-shop