Moby-Dick
Herman Melville1851
- words
- 206,052
- Pages
- 488
- Reading time
- 13 h 44 min
- Listening time
- 22 h 9 min
Ulysses is longer: 59,339 more words, 1.3 times the length of Moby-Dick.
Ulysses
James Joyce1922
- words
- 265,391
- Pages
- 1,040
- Reading time
- 17 h 42 min
- Listening time
- 28 h 32 min
Difference
| Reading speed | Moby-Dick | Ulysses |
|---|---|---|
| 200 words a minute | 17 h 10 min | 22 h 7 min |
| 250 words a minute | 13 h 44 min | 17 h 42 min |
| 300 words a minute | 11 h 27 min | 14 h 45 min |
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Questions
Which is longer, Moby-Dick or Ulysses?
Ulysses is longer: 59,339 more words, 1.3 times the length of Moby-Dick.
How much longer does Ulysses take to read than Moby-Dick?
About 3 h 57 min more at 250 words a minute: 17 h 42 min against 13 h 44 min.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.