272,647words
- Pages
- 784paperback, Penguin Classics, 2004
- Reading time
- 18 h 11 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 29 h 19 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1869
Compared with other books
Longer than 89% 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
- 243,818
- Chapters
- 4about 60,955 words each
- Dialogue
- 58%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 14.7 words
- Vocabulary
- 403 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 243,713 to 272,647 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- penguin.co.ukpages of this edition · ISBN 9780140447927
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Idiot?
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky has 272,647 words.
How many pages is The Idiot?
784 pages in the paperback, Penguin Classics, 2004 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Idiot?
About 18 h 11 min at 250 words a minute, or 29 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.