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At a glance
Penny blood serialization.
- First published
- 1847
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Gothic fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Epic200,000 words or more
How long it takes to read
About 44 h 5 min at 250 words a minute, or 71 h 6 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 55 h 6 min | 111 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 44 h 5 min | 89 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 36 h 44 min | 74 days |
Varney the Vampyre
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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
- 661,163
- Chapters
- 232about 2,850 words each
- Dialogue
- 53%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 18.7 words
- Vocabulary
- 390 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
Where the numbers come from
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- gutenberg.orgword count
- openlibrary.orgcover and record
- wikidata.orgdescription and author
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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 Varney the Vampyre?
Varney the Vampyre by Thomas Peckett Prest and James Malcolm Rymer has 661,163 words.
How long does it take to read Varney the Vampyre?
About 44 h 5 min at 250 words a minute, or 71 h 6 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Varney the Vampyre at 30 minutes a day?
About 89 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Varney the Vampyre?
Varney the Vampyre was written by Thomas Peckett Prest and James Malcolm Rymer and first published in 1847.
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