# 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.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Jules Verne](https://musael.com/books/authors/jules-verne.md) (1828–1905)
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 101,315
- **Reading time:** 6 h 45 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 10 h 54 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 8 h 27 min | 17 days |
| 250 wpm | 6 h 45 min | 14 days |
| 300 wpm | 5 h 38 min | 12 days |

## Read or listen

Off on a Comet! a Journey Through Planetary Space is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1353

## 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: 43
- Dialogue: 22% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 20.5 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1353 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30734172W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1353

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/off-on-a-comet-a-journey-through-planetary-space