# Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887

Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy has 77,890 words.

## At a glance

Novel by Edward Bellamy.

- **Author:** [Edward Bellamy](https://musael.com/books/authors/edward-bellamy.md) (1850–1898)
- **First published:** 1888
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 77,890
- **Reading time:** 5 h 12 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 8 h 23 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 6 h 29 min | 13 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 12 min | 11 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 20 min | 9 days |

## Read or listen

Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 77,890
- Chapters: 28
- Dialogue: 66% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 22.6 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305106
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7998548W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/looking-backward-2000-to-1887