How many words are in Sense and Sensibility?

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is approximately 118,862 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 8 hr 19 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1811, 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 118,862 words, Sense and Sensibility runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.