How many pages are your words?
1,000 words make 1.4 pages single spaced, 2.7 pages double spaced and 3.8 pages of a printed novel. They take 4 min to read. Here is what they look like in a real novel.
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Exactly 1,002 words, cut at the end of a sentence
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
“But it is,” returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
“Do not you want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife, impatiently.
“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.”
“He came down to see the place”
This was invitation enough.
“Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.”
“What is his name?”
“Bingley.”
“Is he married or single?”
“Oh, single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”
“How so? how can it affect them?”
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome? You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”
“Is that his design in settling here?”
“Design? Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”
“I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go—or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better; for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.”
“My dear, you flatter me. I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.”
“In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.”
“But, my dear, you must indeed go and see Mr. Bingley when he comes into the neighbourhood.”
“It is more than I engage for, I assure you.”
“But consider your daughters. Only think what an establishment it would be for one of them. Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account; for in general, you know, they visit no new comers. Indeed you must go, for it will be impossible for us to visit him, if you do not.”
“You are over scrupulous, surely. I dare say Mr. Bingley will be very glad to see you; and I will send a few lines by you to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls—though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzy.”
“I desire you will do no such thing. Lizzy is not a bit better than the others: and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia. But you are always giving her the preference.”
“They have none of them much to recommend them,” replied he: “they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.”
“Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion on my poor nerves.”
“You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.”
“Ah, you do not know what I suffer.”
“But I hope you will get over it, and live to see many young men of four thousand a year come into the neighbourhood.”
“It will be no use to us, if twenty such should come, since you will not visit them.”
“Depend upon it, my dear, that when there are twenty, I will visit them all.”
Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character. Her mind was less difficult to develope. She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married: its solace was visiting and news.
“I hope Mr. Bingley will like it”
Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid she had no knowledge of it. It was then disclosed in the following manner. Observing his second daughter employed in trimming a hat, he suddenly addressed her with,—
“I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, Lizzy.”
“We are not in a way to know what Mr. Bingley likes,” said her mother, resentfully, “since we are not to visit.”
“But you forget, mamma,” said Elizabeth, “that we shall meet him at the assemblies, and that Mrs. Long has promised to introduce him.”
“I do not believe Mrs. Long will do any such thing. She has two nieces of her own.
Jane Austen, 1813. From chapter I. The author died in 1817: the work is in the public domain. Source: Project Gutenberg #1342. Words are counted the way the Extypis editor counts them: a word is a run of characters holding at least one letter or digit.
What 1,000 words amount to
In pages
- Novel pages
- 3.8
- A5, the format of Extypis book mode
- A4 pages, single spaced
- 1.4
- Times New Roman 12 pt, 2.5 cm margins, measured on these excerpts
- A4 pages, double spaced
- 2.7
- Times New Roman 12 pt, 2.5 cm margins, measured on these excerpts
In time
- Silent reading
- 4 min
- 236 words a minute (Brysbaert, 2019)
- Reading aloud
- 5 min
- 190 words a minute (Brysbaert, 2019)
When writing
- Typing it out
- 19 min
- 52 words a minute on average
- At NaNoWriMo pace
- 0.6 days
- 1,667 words a day for a month
- Share of a novel
- 1.3%
- Out of 80,000 words
Frequently asked questions
How many pages is 1,000 words single spaced?
1.4 pages of A4 in Times New Roman 12 pt with 2.5 cm margins, about an inch. We measured it on four classic novels rather than using the 500-words-a-page rule of thumb.
How many pages is 1,000 words double spaced?
2.7 pages, same font and margins. Double spacing halves the lines on a page, so it doubles the page count.
How long does it take to read 1,000 words?
4 min reading silently, at 236 words a minute, the average measured for adults reading English (Brysbaert, 2019). Read aloud, at 190 words a minute, 5 min.
How long does it take to write 1,000 words?
Typing them out takes 19 min at 52 words a minute, the average of 168,000 people tested in 2018. Composing them takes longer: 1,000 words are 60% of a NaNoWriMo day, which asks for 1,667 words a day.
How much of a novel is 1,000 words?
1.3% of an 80,000-word novel, the middle of the usual 70,000 to 100,000 words of an adult novel.
How these figures are worked out
The pages were measured, not guessed. We set the four excerpts in Times New Roman 12 pt with 2.5 cm margins and no space between paragraphs, then counted the lines: 727 words a page single spaced, 364 double spaced. The familiar “500 words a page” holds for a wider font or spaced paragraphs.
The novel page is the A5 page of Extypis book mode, 265 words, the density the editor uses to tell you how long your manuscript runs.
Reading time comes from Marc Brysbaert's meta-analysis (2019, 190 studies): 236 words a minute silently for English, 190 aloud.
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