68,079words
- Pages
- 208paperback, Penguin Books Ltd, 2002
- Reading time
- 4 h 32 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 7 h 19 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1876
Compared with other books
Longer than 26% of the other 366 books here.
Counted from the text
Musael counted the Project Gutenberg text of this book. It can include a preface or notes, so the total can differ a little from the figure above.
- Words in the text
- 71,661
- Chapters
- 36about 1,991 words each
- Dialogue
- 32%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 14.4 words
- Vocabulary
- 437 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 68,079 to 70,812 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780140439571
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain has 68,079 words.
How many pages is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
208 pages in the paperback, Penguin Books Ltd, 2002 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
About 4 h 32 min at 250 words a minute, or 7 h 19 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.