# Gargantua and Pantagruel

Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais has 320,685 words.

## At a glance

Five novels by François Rabelais.

- **Author:** [François Rabelais](https://musael.com/books/authors/francois-rabelais.md) (1494–1553)
- **First published:** 1534
- **Original language:** Middle French
- **Genre:** fantasy
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 320,685
- **Reading time:** 21 h 23 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 34 h 29 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 26 h 43 min | 54 days |
| 250 wpm | 21 h 23 min | 43 days |
| 300 wpm | 17 h 49 min | 36 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1200

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 320,685
- Chapters: 263
- Average sentence: 22.5 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1200 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822290
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantua_and_Pantagruel
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20526311W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1200

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/gargantua-and-pantagruel