# The Problem of Cell 13

The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle has 77,827 words.

## At a glance

Short story by Jacques Futrelle.

- **Author:** [Jacques Futrelle](https://musael.com/books/authors/jacques-futrelle.md) (1875–1912)
- **First published:** 1905
- **Original language:** American English
- **Genre:** mystery
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 77,827
- **Reading time:** 5 h 11 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 8 h 22 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 6 h 29 min | 13 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 11 min | 11 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 19 min | 9 days |

## Read or listen

The Problem of Cell 13 is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57669

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 77,827
- Dialogue: 52% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 11.1 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57669 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3795335
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_of_Cell_13
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5780235W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57669

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-problem-of-cell-13