How many words are in Wuthering Heights?
by Emily Brontë · 1847 · Literary Fiction
107,945
Word count
7 hr 34 min
Reading time
432
Est. pages
1847
Published
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is approximately 107,945 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 7 hr 34 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1847, 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 107,945 words, Wuthering Heights runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.
Source: Word count from Project Gutenberg plain text edition (public domain) · referenceVerified 2026-06-19
Literary Fiction novels of similar length
| Title | Author | Word count |
|---|---|---|
| Beloved | Toni Morrison | 109,211 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | 109,571 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 100,388 |
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 122,189 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | 135,420 |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 78,462 |