How many words is Dubliners?

65,886 words, counted from the complete public-domain text rather than estimated from a page count.

Is Dubliners free to read?

Yes. Dubliners is in the public domain in the United States and can be read in full, free and without an account.

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Q: How long does it take to read Dubliners?

Dubliners is 65,886 words, which is about 4h 24m at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. At 400 words per minute it is about 2h 45m, and at 600 about 1h 50m.

James Joyce

Dubliners is 65,886 words — about 4h 24m at 250 words per minute, across 18 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.

How long does it take to read Dubliners?

4h 24m at 250 words per minute

65,886 words · 18 chapters · counted from the full text, not estimated from a page count. Measure your own speed and this becomes your number.

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There was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the house (it was vacation time) and studied the lighted square of window: and night after night I had found it lighted in the same way, faintly and evenly. If he was dead, I thought, I would see the reflection of candles on the darkened blind for I knew that two candles must be set at the head of a corpse. He had often said …

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