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At a glance
Novel by Alexandre Dumas; sequel to The Three Musketeers.
- Author
- Alexandre Dumas & Auguste Maquet1802–1870
- First published
- 1845
- Original language
- French
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Epic200,000 words or more
- Readers' rating
- 3.7 out of 5from 65 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 16 h 8 min at 250 words a minute, or 26 h 1 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 20 h 10 min | 41 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 16 h 8 min | 33 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 13 h 27 min | 27 days |
Twenty Years After
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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
- 242,877
- Chapters
- 89about 2,729 words each
- Dialogue
- 54%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 13.8 words
- Vocabulary
- 412 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.orgbook 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.
Questions
How many words is Twenty Years After?
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet has 241,958 words.
How long does it take to read Twenty Years After?
About 16 h 8 min at 250 words a minute, or 26 h 1 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Twenty Years After at 30 minutes a day?
About 33 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Twenty Years After?
Twenty Years After was written by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet and first published in 1845.
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