How many words are in Tess of the d'Urbervilles?

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is approximately 150,043 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 10 hr 30 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1891, 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 150,043 words, Tess of the d'Urbervilles runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.