# The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas has 173,808 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Alexandre Dumas](https://musael.com/books/authors/alexandre-dumas.md) (1802–1870)
- **Genre:** historical fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 173,808
- **Reading time:** 11 h 35 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 18 h 41 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 14 h 29 min | 29 days |
| 250 wpm | 11 h 35 min | 24 days |
| 300 wpm | 9 h 39 min | 20 days |

## Read or listen

The Man in the Iron Mask is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2759

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 173,808
- Chapters: 58
- Dialogue: 53% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 14.1 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2759 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24235265W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2759

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-man-in-the-iron-mask