Del sentimiento trágico de la vida: reading level, length and free edition

Name: Del sentimiento trágico de la vida
Author: Miguel de Unamuno

Del sentimiento trágico de la vida by Miguel de Unamuno is a philosophy in Spanish. Our team rates it C1. It runs to 100,338 words with 11,511 different word forms, about 8.5–17 h of reading at 200 to 100 words per minute, and it is free from Project Gutenberg.

By the Readlang Mobile team (an independent app, not affiliated with readlang.com). Updated 31 October 2026.

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Author: Miguel de Unamuno
Language: Spanish
Level: C1
Form: philosophy
Words: 100,338
Different word forms: 11,511
Forms for 95% / 98%: 6,495 / 9,505
Reading time: 8.5–17 h
Free edition: Project Gutenberg

Ensayo filosófico sobre la fe, la razón y la inmortalidad del alma.

Is Del sentimiento trágico de la vida right for your level?

To recognise 95% of the running words in Del sentimiento trágico de la vida, you need its 6,495 most frequent word forms; for 98%, the share at which most readers manage a novel without a dictionary, 9,505. The median Spanish C1 book in our table needs 6,704 forms for 95%, so by this measure the book is typical for its level: number 3 of 6, 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 Del sentimiento trágico de la vida 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.

racional 102
anhelo 78
problema 58
sustancia 50
doctrina 50
trágico 49
eternidad 48
vital 47
individual 46
esencia 44
finalidad 44
concepto 44
rigor 42
divinidad 42
teología 41

How does it begin?

Homo sum; nihil humani a me alienum puto , dijo el cómico latino. Y yo diría más bien, nullum hominem a me alienum puto ; soy hombre, a ningún otro hombre estimo extraño. Porque el adjetivo humanus me es tan sospechoso como su sustantivo abstracto humanitas , la humanidad.

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?

Hours to read *Del sentimiento trágico de la vida* (100,338 words) at four reading speeds.
Words	100 wpm	150 wpm	200 wpm	250 wpm
100,338	17 h	11 h	8.5 h	6.5 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 #59852. 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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