Public-domain book · Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole is about 37,083 words — roughly 132 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 2 h 36 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 152 | 178 | 210 | 0.401 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 124 | 152 | 172 | 0.342 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 114 | 132 | 156 | 0.297 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 106 | 124 | 144 | 0.279 in |
Based on an estimated 37,083 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Horror tales; Inheritance and succession -- Fiction; Gothic fiction
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #696) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.