530,982words
- Pages
- 1,456paperback, Penguin Classics; Penguin Books, 2015
- Reading time
- 35 h 24 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 57 h 6 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1862
Compared with other books
Longer than 100% 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
- 566,845
- Chapters
- 355about 1,597 words each
- Dialogue
- 21%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 15.8 words
- Vocabulary
- 442 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 530,982 to 560,036 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780143107569
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Les Misérables?
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo has 530,982 words.
How many pages is Les Misérables?
1,456 pages in the paperback, Penguin Classics; Penguin Books, 2015 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Les Misérables?
About 35 h 24 min at 250 words a minute, or 57 h 6 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.