Collected extent · 8 works
Dickens, Charles
8 works measured — 1,475,020 words in total, roughly 98h 20m of reading at an average pace.
Works measured8public domain
Total words1,475,020combined
Reading time98hall works
Average grade8.5Flesch–Kincaid
SOURCE·Project Gutenberg full texts·8 editions counted, one rule·REVIEWED JUL 2026
The works, longest first
| Work | Words | Reading time | Grade | Unique words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Copperfield | 355,107 | 23h 40m | 7.9 | 16,593 |
| Nicholas Nickleby | 322,429 | 21h 30m | 10 | 17,529 |
| The Pickwick Papers | 300,355 | 20h 01m | 7.8 | 17,580 |
| Great Expectations | 185,493 | 12h 22m | 9 | 11,364 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | 135,996 | 9h 04m | 8.9 | 10,649 |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | 96,185 | 6h 25m | 8.3 | 9,621 |
| Oliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3) | 50,903 | 3h 24m | 9 | 6,062 |
| A Christmas Carol in Prose | 28,552 | 1h 54m | 7.2 | 4,451 |
Only works with a Project Gutenberg plain-text edition appear here, so a bibliography will be longer than this table. What is counted, and what is struck first.
