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Public-domain book · Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is about 174,830 words — roughly 614 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 12 h 15 min to read.

Uncle Tom'sCabinHARRIET BEECHER STOWE
174,830words (est.)
614pages at 6 x 9 in
12 h 15 minreading time

If you published a new edition

Trim10 pt11 pt12 ptSpine (white, 11 pt)
5 x 8 in73487610461.973 in
5.5 x 8.5 in5807268341.635 in
6 x 9 in5226147421.383 in
6.14 x 9.21 in4725826821.311 in

Based on an estimated 174,830 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).

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Subjects

Slavery -- Fiction; Didactic fiction; Political fiction; Master and servant -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Southern States -- Fiction; Fugitive slaves -- Fiction; Plantation life -- Fiction; Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Enslaved persons -- Fiction

Sources & data

  • Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #203) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.