# Tarrano the Conqueror

Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings has 64,787 words.

## At a glance

Novel by Ray Cummings.

- **Author:** [Ray Cummings](https://musael.com/books/authors/ray-cummings.md) (1887–1957)
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 64,787
- **Reading time:** 4 h 19 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 6 h 58 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 5 h 24 min | 11 days |
| 250 wpm | 4 h 19 min | 9 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 36 min | 8 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21638
- LibriVox audiobook (8 h 21 min): https://librivox.org/tarrano-the-conqueror-by-ray-cummings/

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 64,787
- Chapters: 37
- Dialogue: 18% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 11.2 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21638 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120728743
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5819482W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21638

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/tarrano-the-conqueror