# From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne has 50,705 words.

## At a glance

1865 novel by Jules Verne.

- **Author:** [Jules Verne](https://musael.com/books/authors/jules-verne.md) (1828–1905)
- **First published:** 1865
- **Original language:** French
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 50,705
- **Reading time:** 3 h 23 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 5 h 27 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 4 h 14 min | 9 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 23 min | 7 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 49 min | 6 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jules-verne/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/ward-lock-co
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/83
- LibriVox audiobook (4 h 39 min): https://librivox.org/from-the-earth-to-the-moon-by-jules-verne/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 91,833
- Chapters: 51
- Dialogue: 32% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 16 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jules-verne/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/ward-lock-co (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/83 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53592
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15171753W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/83

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/from-the-earth-to-the-moon