Public-domain book · Titus, 95? BCE-50? BCE Lucretius Carus
On the Nature of Things
On the Nature of Things by Titus, 95? BCE-50? BCE Lucretius Carus is about 76,857 words — roughly 264 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 5 h 23 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 300 | 366 | 436 | 0.824 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 248 | 300 | 352 | 0.676 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 226 | 264 | 316 | 0.595 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 210 | 250 | 292 | 0.563 in |
Based on an estimated 76,857 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Didactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English; Philosophy, Ancient -- Poetry
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #785) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.