85,059words
- Pages
- 212paperback, Fantastic Books, 2016
- Reading time
- 5 h 40 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 9 h 9 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1864
Compared with other books
Longer than 36% 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
- 85,879
- Chapters
- 44about 1,952 words each
- Dialogue
- 22%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 16 words
- Vocabulary
- 457 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below.
- arbookfind.comword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9781515400370
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Journey to the Centre of the Earth?
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne has 85,059 words.
How many pages is Journey to the Centre of the Earth?
212 pages in the paperback, Fantastic Books, 2016 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Journey to the Centre of the Earth?
About 5 h 40 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 9 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.