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At a glance
1848 novel by Anne Brontë.
- Author
- Anne Brontë & Humphry Mrs. Ward1820–1849
- First published
- 1848
- Original language
- British English
- Genre
- Literary fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Very long120,000 to 200,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 4.0 out of 5from 149 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 11 h 9 min at 250 words a minute, or 17 h 58 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 13 h 56 min | 28 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 11 h 9 min | 23 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 9 h 17 min | 19 days |
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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Compared with other books
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Counted from the text
Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.
- Words in the text
- 170,400
- Chapters
- 53about 3,215 words each
- Dialogue
- 38%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 21.7 words
- Vocabulary
- 434 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below.
- standardebooks.orgword count
- gutenberg.orgword count
- openlibrary.orgcover and record
- wikidata.orgdescription and author
- hardcover.appreaders' rating
The word count is Standard Ebooks’ count of its edition; the figures under “Counted from the text” are Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text.
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.
Questions
How many words is The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë and Humphry Mrs. Ward has 167,133 words.
How long does it take to read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
About 11 h 9 min at 250 words a minute, or 17 h 58 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall at 30 minutes a day?
About 23 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was written by Anne Brontë and Humphry Mrs. Ward and first published in 1848.
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