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At a glance

1924 novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

Author

Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin1884–1937

First published

1924

Original language

Russian

Genre

Science fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Standard40,000 to 80,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 4 h 17 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 54 min as an audiobook.

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7. 7WeEvgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin64,131
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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

64,131

Dialogue

20%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

12.6 words

Vocabulary

435 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.

• gutenberg.orgword count
• openlibrary.orgbook record
• wikidata.orgdescription and author

The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.

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

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