112,462words
- Pages
- 370paperback, Harper Press; William Collins, 2013
- Reading time
- 7 h 30 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 12 h 6 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1905
Book of 4 in Sherlock Holmes
Compared with other books
Longer than 56% of the other 366 books here.
Counted from the text
Musael counted the Project Gutenberg text of this book. It can include a preface or notes, so the total can differ a little from the figure above.
- Words in the text
- 112,522
- Dialogue
- 68%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 13.6 words
- Vocabulary
- 420 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below.
- standardebooks.orgword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780007934423
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Return of Sherlock Holmes?
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle has 112,462 words.
How many pages is The Return of Sherlock Holmes?
370 pages in the paperback, Harper Press; William Collins, 2013 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Return of Sherlock Holmes?
About 7 h 30 min at 250 words a minute, or 12 h 6 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.