Public-domain book · Helen Keller
The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from
The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a… by Helen Keller is about 121,373 words — roughly 420 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 8 h 30 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 482 | 592 | 730 | 1.333 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 396 | 480 | 566 | 1.081 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 358 | 420 | 492 | 0.946 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 332 | 398 | 466 | 0.896 in |
Based on an estimated 121,373 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968; Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #2397) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.