# The String of Pearls

The String of Pearls by James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest has 437,136 words.

## At a glance

Expanded version.

- **Author:** [James Malcolm Rymer](https://musael.com/books/authors/james-malcolm-rymer.md), [Thomas Peckett Prest](https://musael.com/books/authors/thomas-peckett-prest.md)
- **First published:** 1847
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** gothic fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 437,136
- **Reading time:** 29 h 9 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 47 h (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 36 h 26 min | 73 days |
| 250 wpm | 29 h 9 min | 59 days |
| 300 wpm | 24 h 17 min | 49 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59828

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 437,136
- Chapters: 173
- Dialogue: 50% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 15.8 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59828 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109950419
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24986547W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59828

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-string-of-pearls