Public-domain book · Erskine Childers
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers is about 106,054 words — roughly 368 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 7 h 26 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 422 | 518 | 618 | 1.167 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 348 | 420 | 482 | 0.946 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 314 | 368 | 432 | 0.829 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 284 | 348 | 408 | 0.784 in |
Based on an estimated 106,054 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Sea stories; Great Britain -- History -- Invasions -- Fiction; Adventure stories; Spy stories; Sailing -- Fiction; Frisian Islands -- Fiction; Secret service -- Fiction; Alternative histories (Fiction)
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #2360) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.