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At a glance
1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe1811–1896
- First published
- 1852
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Literary fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Very long120,000 to 200,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 3.6 out of 5from 211 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 12 h 6 min at 250 words a minute, or 19 h 31 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 15 h 7 min | 31 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 12 h 6 min | 25 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 10 h 5 min | 21 days |
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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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
- 182,788
- Chapters
- 45about 4,062 words each
- Dialogue
- 45%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 17 words
- Vocabulary
- 436 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 Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe has 181,474 words.
How long does it take to read Uncle Tom's Cabin?
About 12 h 6 min at 250 words a minute, or 19 h 31 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Uncle Tom's Cabin at 30 minutes a day?
About 25 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and first published in 1852.
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