Public-domain book · John Buchan
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan is about 37,412 words — roughly 132 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 2 h 37 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 | 180 | 212 | 0.405 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 124 | 152 | 174 | 0.342 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 114 | 132 | 158 | 0.297 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 106 | 126 | 146 | 0.284 in |
Based on an estimated 37,412 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction; Spy stories; Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #558) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.