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At a glance
- Author
- Jules Verne1828–1905
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Long80,000 to 120,000 words
How long it takes to read
About 6 h 45 min at 250 words a minute, or 10 h 54 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 8 h 27 min | 17 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 6 h 45 min | 14 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 5 h 38 min | 12 days |
Off on a Comet! a Journey Through Planetary Space
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Compared with other books
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Counted from the text
Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.
- Words in the text
- 101,315
- Chapters
- 43about 2,356 words each
- Dialogue
- 22%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 20.5 words
- Vocabulary
- 458 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below.
- gutenberg.orgword count
- openlibrary.orgbook record
The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Off on a Comet! a Journey Through Planetary Space?
Off on a Comet! a Journey Through Planetary Space by Jules Verne has 101,315 words.
How long does it take to read Off on a Comet! a Journey Through Planetary Space?
About 6 h 45 min at 250 words a minute, or 10 h 54 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Off on a Comet! a Journey Through Planetary Space at 30 minutes a day?
About 14 days at an average reading speed.
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