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At a glance
1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Author
- Edgar Rice Burroughs1875–1950
- First published
- 1912
- Original language
- English
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Long80,000 to 120,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 3.6 out of 5from 98 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 5 h 44 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 15 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 7 h 10 min | 15 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 5 h 44 min | 12 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 4 h 47 min | 10 days |
Tarzan of the Apes
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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
- 86,116
- Chapters
- 28about 3,076 words each
- Dialogue
- 16%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 18.9 words
- Vocabulary
- 434 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.
- standardebooks.orgword count
- gutenberg.orgword count
- openlibrary.orgcover and record
- wikidata.orgdescription and author
- hardcover.appreaders' rating
The word count is Standard Ebooks’ count of its edition; the figures under “Counted from the text” are Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text.
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.
Questions
How many words is Tarzan of the Apes?
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs has 85,971 words.
How long does it take to read Tarzan of the Apes?
About 5 h 44 min at 250 words a minute, or 9 h 15 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Tarzan of the Apes at 30 minutes a day?
About 12 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Tarzan of the Apes?
Tarzan of the Apes was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and first published in 1912.
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