# Whirligigs

Whirligigs by O. Henry has 75,554 words.

## At a glance

Written work by O. Henry.

- **Author:** [O. Henry](https://musael.com/books/authors/o-henry.md) (1862–1910)
- **First published:** 1910
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 75,554
- **Reading time:** 5 h 2 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 8 h 7 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 6 h 18 min | 13 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 2 min | 11 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 12 min | 9 days |

## Read or listen

Whirligigs is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1595
- LibriVox audiobook (8 h 18 min): https://librivox.org/whirligigs-by-o-henry/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 75,554
- Dialogue: 36% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 14 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1595 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4228091
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL181950W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1595

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/whirligigs