# The Reign of Greed

The Reign of Greed by José Rizal has 115,679 words.

## At a glance

Novel by José Rizal.

- **Author:** [José Rizal](https://musael.com/books/authors/jose-rizal.md) (1861–1896)
- **First published:** 1891
- **Original language:** Philippine Spanish
- **Genre:** historical fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 115,679
- **Reading time:** 7 h 43 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 12 h 26 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 9 h 38 min | 20 days |
| 250 wpm | 7 h 43 min | 16 days |
| 300 wpm | 6 h 26 min | 13 days |

## Read or listen

The Reign of Greed is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10676

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 115,679
- Chapters: 39
- Dialogue: 35% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 20 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10676 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1249199
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_filibusterismo
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL38489531W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10676

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-reign-of-greed