Alexandre Dumas

How many words is The Count of Monte Cristo?

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas has 461,521 words.

461,521words

Pages
1,312paperback, Penguin Classics, 2003
Reading time
30 h 46 minat 250 words a minute
Listening time
49 h 38 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
First published
1844

Compared with other books

Longer than 99% 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
463,403
Chapters
117about 3,961 words each
Dialogue
57%of the words are inside quotation marks
Average sentence
16.9 words
Vocabulary
423 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary

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Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 461,521 to 461,995 words.

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

Questions

How many words is The Count of Monte Cristo?

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas has 461,521 words.

How many pages is The Count of Monte Cristo?

1,312 pages in the paperback, Penguin Classics, 2003 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.

How long does it take to read The Count of Monte Cristo?

About 30 h 46 min at 250 words a minute, or 49 h 38 min as an audiobook.

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