# The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe has 121,071 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Daniel Defoe](https://musael.com/books/authors/daniel-defoe.md) (1660–1731)
- **Genre:** adventure
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 121,071
- **Reading time:** 8 h 4 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 13 h 1 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 10 h 5 min | 21 days |
| 250 wpm | 8 h 4 min | 17 days |
| 300 wpm | 6 h 44 min | 14 days |

## Read or listen

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/daniel-defoe/the-life-and-adventures-of-robinson-crusoe
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/521

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 121,281
- Chapters: 20

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/daniel-defoe/the-life-and-adventures-of-robinson-crusoe (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/521 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL33872341W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/521

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-life-and-adventures-of-robinson-crusoe