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Abel Sánchez: Una historia de pasión: reading level, length and free edition
Abel Sánchez: Una historia de pasión by Miguel de Unamuno is a novel in Spanish. Our team rates it B2. It runs to 29,562 words with 4,680 different word forms, about 2.5–5 h of reading at 200 to 100 words per minute, and it is free from Project Gutenberg.
- Author
- Miguel de Unamuno
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- B2
- Form
- novel
- Words
- 29,562
- Different word forms
- 4,680
- Forms for 95% / 98%
- 3,202 / 4,089
- Reading time
- 2.5–5 h
- Free edition
- Project Gutenberg
Is Abel Sánchez: Una historia de pasión right for your level?
To recognise 95% of the running words in Abel Sánchez: Una historia de pasión, you need its 3,202 most frequent word forms; for 98%, the share at which most readers manage a novel without a dictionary, 4,089. The median Spanish B2 book in our table needs 7,656 forms for 95%, so by this measure the book is easier than most for its level: number 1 of 10, easiest first.
A word form is any spelling that appears in the text, so “walk” and “walked” count twice, and names count too. These numbers are a guide to how much vocabulary the book asks for, not a test. The level itself was set by hand by our team. Before you commit, read one page of the free edition and count the words you do not know: the one-page test takes two minutes.
Which words should you know before you start?
These are the words that Abel Sánchez: Una historia de pasión uses most often but that are not among the 2,000 most common word forms across all 36 Spanish books in our library; the number is how many times each appears. Names of people and places are left out. Learning a handful of them first makes the opening chapters easier.
- pintura 17
- pintor 17
- cuadro 16
- cuadros 15
- hielo 15
- abuelo 14
- nieto 14
- artista 13
- clientela 13
- comprendo 13
- bebedizo 13
- digas 12
- quieras 11
- vete 11
- escribía 10
How does it begin?
Nota del Transcriptor: Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Con la intención de conservar el texto original, signos de interrogación y exclamación no se usan al principio de la mayoría de las preguntas y exclamaciones respectivamente. Páginas en blanco han sido eliminadas.
From the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain. If this paragraph already feels slow, try a book one level lower.
How long does it take to read?
| Words | 100 wpm | 150 wpm | 200 wpm | 250 wpm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29,562 | 5 h | 3.5 h | 2.5 h | 2 h |
Learners reading a book at their level often manage 100 to 150 words per minute, and readers in their first language 200 to 250. Where these speeds come from, and a calculator for your own: How long does it take to read a book?
Where can you read it for free?
The free edition is Project Gutenberg eBook #44512. Project Gutenberg publishes books that are in the public domain in the United States, as EPUB, Kindle and plain text, free and without an account. Copyright terms differ by country: if you live outside the United States, check that the book is out of copyright where you are before you download it.
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What to read next at B2
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- El árbol de la ciencia, Pío Baroja: 63,334 words, 5,908 forms for 95%
- Pepita Jiménez, Juan Valera: 56,657 words, 6,606 forms for 95%
- Mare nostrum, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez: 144,898 words, 10,270 forms for 95%
- Los pazos de Ulloa, Emilia Pardo Bazán: 83,819 words, 10,840 forms for 95%
- Doña Perfecta, Benito Pérez Galdós: 113,704 words, 15,160 forms for 95%
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