# Erewhon

Erewhon by Samuel Butler has 83,952 words.

## At a glance

1872 novel by Samuel Butler.

- **Author:** [Samuel Butler](https://musael.com/books/authors/samuel-butler.md) (1835–1902)
- **First published:** 1872
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** humorous fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 83,952
- **Reading time:** 5 h 36 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 9 h 2 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 7 h | 14 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 36 min | 12 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 40 min | 10 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/samuel-butler/erewhon
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1906
- LibriVox audiobook (8 h): https://librivox.org/erewhon-by-samuel-butler/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 84,476
- Chapters: 28
- Dialogue: 18% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 32.3 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/samuel-butler/erewhon (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1906 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350048
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erewhon
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL39555692W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1906

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/erewhon