67,707words
- Pages
- 256paperback, Scribner, 2006
- Reading time
- 4 h 31 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 7 h 17 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1926
Compared with other books
Longer than 26% 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
- 67,873
- Chapters
- 19about 3,572 words each
- Dialogue
- 37%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 8.4 words
- Vocabulary
- 365 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 67,701 to 67,746 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780743297332
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Sun Also Rises?
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway has 67,707 words.
How many pages is The Sun Also Rises?
256 pages in the paperback, Scribner, 2006 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Sun Also Rises?
About 4 h 31 min at 250 words a minute, or 7 h 17 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.