# A Tramp Abroad

A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain has 156,772 words.

## At a glance

Work of travel literature by Mark Twain.

- **Author:** [Mark Twain](https://musael.com/books/authors/mark-twain.md) (1835–1910)
- **First published:** 1880
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** humorous fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 156,772
- **Reading time:** 10 h 27 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 16 h 51 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 13 h 4 min | 27 days |
| 250 wpm | 10 h 27 min | 21 days |
| 300 wpm | 8 h 43 min | 18 days |

## Read or listen

A Tramp Abroad is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/119

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 156,772
- Chapters: 50
- Dialogue: 14% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 21 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/119 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1004825
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tramp_Abroad
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL53918W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/119

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Source: https://musael.com/books/a-tramp-abroad