Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. The story reaches its climax in the battle of five armies, where many of the characters and creatures from earlier chapters reemerge to engage in. Also, the individual totals for the fellowship of the ring, the two towers, and the return of the king do not total the number given for the lord of the rings unless, of course, youre counting the appendices at the end of the return of the king as part of lotr but not trotk. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. But again as a surprise to me, dune was a close second, averaging just 3,800 words per chapter. Sentiment analysis, character mentions and much more of silmarillion, the hobbit and the lord of the rings. The third and final installment of the hobbit series hits theaters. Or are you a visually impaired reader who prefers largeprint editions. Oct 10, 2016 pages and chapters arent a great measure for length chapters can be any length, and pages vary wildly depending on font size and other formatting choices not to mention software. If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable western world, over the edge of the wild, and. This, thorin, the runes name orcrist, the goblincleaver in the. He had not been down that way under the hill for ages and ages, not since his. When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words.
That said, if your book is around 40,000 words, youre in good company. Peter jackson confirms the news on facebook 15 years ago, when peter jackson first set out to make a movie adaptation of j. We know that jackson is using more than the original book as source material jrr tolkien later added over hundred pages of additional. Tolkien 18921973 was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing the hobbit, the lord of the rings and the silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. The latter tend to have larger, and therefore fewer, pages. The princes day of destiny with a hobbits hairy toes. Tolkien 1973, hardcover, collectors at the best online prices at ebay. He did not remember things very well, unless he put them down on his engagement tablet. The book was first published on september 21, 1937 and is set in the years 2941 to 2942 of the third.
Tolkien 1997, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Movie length, part 2 stokes oti staff aug 12th 20 4. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. Imdb rating chart is flawed because the quality of the source material is going to be a confounding factor. Find out how long your favourite books are and how they compare to their. The first chapter of the luminaries is 360 pages, whereas the final is two pages. Tolkien the hobbit, or there and back again is a fantasy novel by english author j.
You close the book and never want to see the word precious again. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in. Tolkiens own children, the hobbit has sold many millions of copies worldwide and established itself as a modern classic. Since just comparing the number of unique words in a book does not take its length into account i decided to calculate the percentage of unique words of the whole text. The best way to find out how many pages will be in your book is to use this calculation method. In total, all seven harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. I then found the page count for each book using the topselling edition on amazon. Here is a listing of a ton of different printings of the hobbit and the largest i can find in english is 400 pages. The longest average chapter lengths were lord of the rings 7,500, prince of nothing 8,700, and the. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in childrens literature. Individually, each of those books is longer than the hobbit, and yet they. The sorcerers stone 77,325 words the chamber of secrets 84,799 words the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words.
In terms of words, memoirs tend to be comparable to novels. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Lord of the rings has 17 pages total including index, appendices, languages, contents and prologue. On page 52, chapter 3, the swords they they had brought out from the trolls lair were recognized by elrond and he described them to thorin and gandalf as follows. An unexpected journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson. The film is the fourth middleearth film adaptation to be released, and the first chronologically. The harpercollins 2002 alan lee edition has the same pagination as the hm edition. The hobbit, or there and back again an unexpected party 4 remarkable tale. Tales and adventures sprouted up all over the place wherever he went, in the most extraordinary fashion. Movie length in adapted franchises jamie aug 7th 20 9. The hobbit that i know of has around 300 400 pages. The definitive collection of tolkiens classic fairie tales, in the vein of the hobbit, illustrated by oscar winner alan lee never before published in a single volume, tolkiens four novellas farmer giles of ham, leaf by niggle, smith of wootton. The hobbit, or there and back again is a childrens fantasy novel by english author j. Jackson made the lord of the rings trilogy with a one book to one film ratio.
Oct 18, 2017 find the perfect editor for your book. If youre talking about all three books together its 1008 pages for the story and with the stuff at the end its 17 pages. However, it will be on the short side, as the average length of a novel hovers around 50,00070,000 words. An unexpected journey is the first film of the movie trilogy adaptation of the hobbit and lasts 3 hours and 2 minutes.
The last book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, is 157. Below are some of the literary elements that i observed. The hobbit middleearth universe the timeless classic presented in the standard hardcover edition using the authors original jacket design. Lewis the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, roald dahls charlie and the chocolate factory. Symbols are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. The number of pages also doesnt help much, as publishers use. See more ideas about hobbit book, the hobbit, the hobbit book cover. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. The hobbit to be split into three movies because peter.
The way tolkien narrates the story you will know he is a master of his trade right away from the first page. How many pages are all of the lord of the rings books. It is the first installment in a threepart film adaptation based on j. Some book versions include having the 3 separate volumes separately 3 different books. It is followed by the desolation of smaug 20 and the battle of the five armies 2014, and together, they act as a prequel. Sep 20, 2012 the princes day of destiny with a hobbit s hairy toes. To get the total story pages you need to subtract around 100200 pages from the total count. Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. But for each book its 398 pages for the fellowship of the. This book started it all, the lord of the rings, simarillion. R tolkien that takes place in the fictional world of middle earth, which is the setting of most of the authors works. This will give you the approximate number of pages that will be in your book.
The final hobbit film is an unprecedentedly gratuitous stretch of. Tolkien 18921973 is the creator of middleearth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as the hobbit, the lord of the rings, and the silmarillion. Heres what film lengths plotted against page count looks like for the 54. Peter jackson confirms the news on facebook 15 years ago, when peter jackson first set out to make a movie adaptation of. For book length, i chose to go with word count rather than page count, since theres so much variability when it comes to the number of words. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. However, since each tome blitzed the 100,000 word mark the fellowship of. Analyzing chapter lengths in fantasy fiction creativity hacker. Bert, tom, and william trolls from whom bilbo takes the key to a cave from which he and the dwarves take gold and the swords they use in battle with the goblins and in the battle of. How many pages do the lord of the rings books have. It was directed by peter jackson, who previously had directed the lord of the rings trilogy. Since just comparing the number of unique words in a book does not take its length into account i decided to calculate the. The title with the shortest chapters, on average, was whirlwind in the thorn tree, averaging just 2,900 words each.
Tolkiens heavy use of irony in the hobbit builds suspense as the characters embark on an epic journey to the lonely mountain to fight smaug and regain their birthright. The vary in length from about ten pages to as much as 30 pages. A story that is over 40,000 words is generally considered a novel. Jul 30, 2012 jackson made the lord of the rings trilogy with a one book to one film ratio. Over 300,000 authors trust the professionals on reedsy, come meet them. Then theres william faulkners as i lay dying, in which vardamans famous fiveword sentence, my mother is a fish, is the whole of chapter 19. The last two books are slightly shorter but still longer than the first books in the series. Balin, dwalin, bifur, bofur, bombur, dori, nori, ori, fili, kili, oin, gloin the other twelve dwarves who go with thorin, gandalf, and bilbo on the long journey. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Yesterday he had been too flustered to do anything of the kind. The next day he had almost forgotten about gandalf. The first chapter, the unexpected party and flies and spiders are the longest.
The book the hobbit is about 280 pages long, small print. It was published on 21 september 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the carnegie medal and awarded a prize from the new york herald tribune for best juvenile fiction. The hobbit has more unique words and a higher unique word density than both the silmarillion and each volume in the lord of the rings. The hobbit tells a fantastic story of adventure, danger, friendship, and courage, and serves as a prequel to the even more immersive and epic book series, the lord of the rings. The story is shorter and it was designed for kids, but can be read by adults. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. However, since each tome blitzed the 100,000 word mark the fellowship of the ring has177,227 words, the two towers. Like the hobbits, gollum gets to be pretty annoying by the final pages of the lord of the rings. Jun 27, 2019 a story that is over 40,000 words is generally considered a novel.
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