# The Wisdom of Father Brown

The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton has 71,793 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [G. K. Chesterton](https://musael.com/books/authors/g-k-chesterton.md) (1874–1936)
- **Genre:** mystery
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 71,793
- **Reading time:** 4 h 47 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 7 h 43 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 5 h 59 min | 12 days |
| 250 wpm | 4 h 47 min | 10 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 59 min | 8 days |

## Read or listen

The Wisdom of Father Brown is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-chesterton/the-wisdom-of-father-brown
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/223

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 71,677
- Dialogue: 49% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 19 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-chesterton/the-wisdom-of-father-brown (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/223 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL76483W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/223

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-wisdom-of-father-brown