# The Two Magics

The Two Magics by Henry James has 77,342 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Henry James](https://musael.com/books/authors/henry-james.md) (1843–1916)
- **Genre:** thriller
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 77,342
- **Reading time:** 5 h 9 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 8 h 19 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 6 h 27 min | 13 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 9 min | 11 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 18 min | 9 days |

## Read or listen

The Two Magics is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42486

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 77,342
- Dialogue: 31% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 13.3 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42486 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL276392W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42486

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-two-magics