# The Island of Doctor Moreau

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells has 43,618 words.

## At a glance

1896 novel by Herbert George Wells.

- **Author:** [H. G. Wells](https://musael.com/books/authors/h-g-wells.md) (1866–1946)
- **First published:** 1896
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 43,618
- **Reading time:** 2 h 54 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 4 h 41 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 3 h 38 min | 8 days |
| 250 wpm | 2 h 54 min | 6 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 25 min | 5 days |

## Read or listen

The Island of Doctor Moreau is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/159

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 43,800
- Dialogue: 19% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 14.8 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/159 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718268
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19336151W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/159

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-island-of-doctor-moreau