Public-domain book · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is about 37,028 words — roughly 130 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 | 130 | 156 | 0.293 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 106 | 124 | 144 | 0.279 in |
Based on an estimated 37,028 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Germany -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Unrequited love -- Fiction; Young men -- Germany -- Fiction
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #2527) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.