How many pages is Sense and Sensibility?

About 409 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 119,690 words, about 8 hrs of reading at an average pace.

How long is the Sense and Sensibility audiobook?

About 13½ hrs, estimated from the 120,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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Sense and Sensibility

Name: Sense and Sensibility
Author: Jane Austen

Jane Austen

8 hrsto read

5.9worth it

At your speed≈ 8 hrs

Pages409

Audiobook≈ 13½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 119,690 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 8 hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.85 out of 5, from 1,011 ratings.

Worth-it score 5.9/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 6.1 (Hardcover's 3.85★ from 1,011 ratings) − length 0.2 = 5.9. How the score works →

How long does it take to read Sense and Sensibility?

The complete text of Sense and Sensibility runs to 119,690 words — about 409 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Sense and Sensibility at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	11½ hrs
Average	250	8 hrs
Fast	400	5 hrs

Counted word for word from the complete public-domain text on Project Gutenberg, so these times don't depend on any one edition's page count. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 13½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Sense and Sensibility?: About 8 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of Sense and Sensibility runs to 119,690 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 11½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5 hrs.
How many pages is Sense and Sensibility?: About 409 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 119,690 words, about 8 hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is Sense and Sensibility worth reading?: We score it 5.9 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.85 out of 5 from 1,011 ratings, which counts for 6.1; at about 8 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.2 for its length.
How long is the Sense and Sensibility audiobook?: About 13½ hrs, estimated from the 120,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo.…

Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

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