The word "length" appears in literature with a fascinating duality, functioning both as a literal measure and a marker of extended time or effort. In many texts “at length” signals that a process or journey has finally reached its conclusion—whether it is the eventual culmination of events in works like Walter Scott’s narrative [1] or the steady progress through obstacles in Dickens’ tales [2, 3]. At the same time, authors use “length” to detail physical dimensions or distances, as seen when Twain compares beats in “Roughing It” [4] or Hardy juxtaposes physical proportions in his characters [5]. In other instances, “length” serves as a metaphorical tool to evoke duration and persistence, such as the drawn-out explanations in Jane Austen’s letters [6, 7] or the measure of time and endurance hinted at in historical passages [8]. Thus, across genres and eras, “length” enriches a narrative by connecting tangible measurement with the abstract expanse of time and effort.