# The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving has 128,482 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Washington Irving](https://musael.com/books/authors/washington-irving.md) (1783–1859)
- **Genre:** fantasy
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 128,482
- **Reading time:** 8 h 34 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 13 h 49 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 10 h 42 min | 22 days |
| 250 wpm | 8 h 34 min | 18 days |
| 300 wpm | 7 h 8 min | 15 days |

## Read or listen

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2048

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 128,482
- Dialogue: 8% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 29.7 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2048 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL63893W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2048

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-sketch-book-of-geoffrey-crayon