# The First Book of Adam and Eve

The First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt has 34,589 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Rutherford Hayes Platt](https://musael.com/books/authors/rutherford-hayes-platt.md) (1894–1975)
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 34,589
- **Reading time:** 2 h 18 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 3 h 43 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 2 h 53 min | 6 days |
| 250 wpm | 2 h 18 min | 5 days |
| 300 wpm | 1 h 55 min | 4 days |

## Read or listen

The First Book of Adam and Eve is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/398

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 34,589
- Chapters: 61
- Dialogue: 22% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 22.7 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/398 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4114304W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/398

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-first-book-of-adam-and-eve