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At a glance
Novel by José Rizal.
- Author
- José Rizal1861–1896
- First published
- 1887
- Original language
- Philippine Spanish
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Very long120,000 to 200,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 11 h 44 min at 250 words a minute, or 18 h 56 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 14 h 40 min | 30 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 11 h 44 min | 24 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 9 h 47 min | 20 days |
The Social Cancer
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Counted from the text
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- Words in the text
- 176,040
- Chapters
- 63about 2,794 words each
- Dialogue
- 41%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 18.2 words
- Vocabulary
- 463 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
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Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Social Cancer?
The Social Cancer by José Rizal has 176,040 words.
How long does it take to read The Social Cancer?
About 11 h 44 min at 250 words a minute, or 18 h 56 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read The Social Cancer at 30 minutes a day?
About 24 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote The Social Cancer?
The Social Cancer was written by José Rizal and first published in 1887.
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