How many words are in Mansfield Park?
by Jane Austen · 1814 · Literary Fiction
159,717
Word count
11 hr 11 min
Reading time
639
Est. pages
1814
Published
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen is approximately 159,717 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 11 hr 11 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1814, it sits in the Literary Fiction category.
Typical literary fiction novels run 70,000–100,000 words, with a sweet spot around 80,000–90,000. At 159,717 words, Mansfield Park runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.
Source: Word count computed from the Project Gutenberg plain-text edition (eBook #141, public domain) · referenceVerified 2026-06-21
Literary Fiction novels of similar length
| Title | Author | Word count |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens | 157,969 |
| Emma | Jane Austen | 157,562 |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy | 150,043 |
| The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | 169,481 |
| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | 183,858 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | 135,420 |