# Phantastes

Phantastes by George MacDonald has 69,063 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [George MacDonald](https://musael.com/books/authors/george-macdonald.md) (1824–1905)
- **Genre:** fantasy
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 69,063
- **Reading time:** 4 h 36 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 7 h 26 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 5 h 45 min | 12 days |
| 250 wpm | 4 h 36 min | 10 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 50 min | 8 days |

## Read or listen

Phantastes is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/george-macdonald/phantastes
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/325

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 69,222
- Chapters: 25
- Dialogue: 19% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 21.4 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/george-macdonald/phantastes (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/325 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15450W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/325

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/phantastes