![]() ![]() These numbers will just give you an idea.) You always hear about those super long Russian novels, and some of those weigh in at 1296 ( War and Peace), 864 ( Anna Karenina), and 718 ( Crime and Punishment). (Of course, reading time and word count can vary widely based on the type of writing, the typeset, font size, margins etc. Don Quixote is around 1605, Bleak House 960, The Stand 1152, The Pillars of the Earth 816, The Three Muskateers 700, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame 940. Some of the longest books around (that you’ve heard of, anyway) are Dream of the Red Chamber at 2339 pages (which I just bought, incidentally), Les Miserables at 1462 (which I’ve read), Atlas Shrugged at 1088 (which I’ve also read), and Infinite Jest at 1104 (which I have not read). ![]() ![]() But are the books really that long? Let’s do a little comparison.Įach of the books ( The Hobbit and then the trilogy proper: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King) runs normally between 300 and 500 pages, making the grand total around 1300-1800 (depending on the edition). Tolkein’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy has to be super long, like in accordance with the length of the books. I have this feeling that my review of J.R.R. ![]()
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