H. G. Wells

How many words is The Invisible Man?

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells has 48,105 words.

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Pages
160paperback, Penguin Classics, 2012
Reading time
3 h 12 minat 250 words a minute
Listening time
5 h 10 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
First published
1897

Compared with other books

Longer than 15% 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
48,877
Chapters
28about 1,746 words each
Dialogue
46%of the words are inside quotation marks
Average sentence
11.5 words
Vocabulary
425 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 48,105 to 48,767 words.

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

Questions

How many words is The Invisible Man?

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells has 48,105 words.

How many pages is The Invisible Man?

160 pages in the paperback, Penguin Classics, 2012 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.

How long does it take to read The Invisible Man?

About 3 h 12 min at 250 words a minute, or 5 h 10 min as an audiobook.

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