Pride and Prejudice Word Count — How Many Words?

Updated April 2026
122,189 Words
432 Pages
61 Chapters
8 hr 34 min Reading Time

Pride and Prejudice contains approximately 122,189 words across 432 pages. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, it would take about 8 hr 34 min to read from cover to cover.

The book is divided into 61 chapters, with an average of approximately 2,003 words per chapter.

How Pride and Prejudice Compares

Book Word Count Pages
Animal Farm 29,966 112
Brave New World 63,766 288
Charlotte's Web 31,938 184
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 19,784 217
Dune 187,240 688
Fahrenheit 451 46,118 158
Pride and Prejudice 122,189 432

At 122,189 words, Pride and Prejudice is longer than the average novel. It falls in the range of epic fiction and complex narratives that reward patient readers with deeper character development and world-building.

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