The Car of Destiny

At a glance

Author

C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson

Genre

Adventure

Readers

Adult

Length

Very long120,000 to 200,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 8 h 9 min at 250 words a minute, or 13 h 9 min as an audiobook.

Compared with other books

The books closest in length, and a few well-known ones for scale.

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5. 5The Car of DestinyC. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson122,366
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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

122,366

Dialogue

29%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

19.6 words

Vocabulary

453 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.

• gutenberg.orgword count
• openlibrary.orgcover and record
• hardcover.appreaders' rating

The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.

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