Public-domain book · Kate Chopin
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin is about 58,190 words — roughly 202 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 4 h 4 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 230 | 272 | 334 | 0.613 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 192 | 230 | 264 | 0.518 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 174 | 202 | 238 | 0.455 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 162 | 192 | 224 | 0.432 in |
Based on an estimated 58,190 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Adultery -- Fiction; Women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- Fiction; Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction; New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction; Louisiana -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #160) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.