# Edmond Dantès

Edmond Dantès by Edmund Flagg has 84,451 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Edmund Flagg](https://musael.com/books/authors/edmund-flagg.md) (1815–1890)
- **Genre:** historical fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 84,451
- **Reading time:** 5 h 38 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 9 h 5 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 7 h 2 min | 15 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 38 min | 12 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 42 min | 10 days |

## Read or listen

Edmond Dantès is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23183
- LibriVox audiobook (9 h 38 min): https://librivox.org/edmond-dantes-by-edmund-flagg/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 84,451
- Chapters: 31
- Dialogue: 50% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 16.9 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23183 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26963129W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23183

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/edmond-dantes