Public-domain book · Louisa May Alcott
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is about 180,515 words — roughly 634 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 12 h 38 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 758 | 904 | 1078 | 2.036 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 600 | 748 | 860 | 1.684 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 538 | 634 | 766 | 1.428 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 488 | 600 | 722 | 1.351 in |
Based on an estimated 180,515 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Autobiographical fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Sisters -- Fiction; Domestic fiction; Family life -- New England -- Fiction; New England -- Fiction; Bildungsromans; Mothers and daughters -- Fiction; March family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #37106) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.