40,875words
- Pages
- 160paperback, Puffin Books, 1985
- Reading time
- 2 h 44 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 4 h 24 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1908
Book 4 of 14 in Oz
Compared with other books
Longer than 9% of the other 366 books here.
Counted from the text
Musael counted the Project Gutenberg text of this book. It can include a preface or notes, so the total can differ a little from the figure above.
- Words in the text
- 42,009
- Dialogue
- 40%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 16.3 words
- Vocabulary
- 413 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 40,875 to 41,927 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780140319385
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz?
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum has 40,875 words.
How many pages is Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz?
160 pages in the paperback, Puffin Books, 1985 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz?
About 2 h 44 min at 250 words a minute, or 4 h 24 min as an audiobook.
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.