The Mysterious Island

At a glance

1874 novel by Jules Verne.

Author

Jules Verne1828–1905

First published

1888

Original language

French

Genre

Science fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Very long120,000 to 200,000 words

Readers' rating

4.0 out of 5from 153 ratings on Hardcover

How long it takes to read

About 10 h 47 min at 250 words a minute, or 17 h 23 min as an audiobook.

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Compared with other books

The books closest in length, and a few well-known ones for scale.

1. 1War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy587,287Compare
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3. 3Leviathan FallsJames S. A. Corey162,000Compare
4. 4The Adventures of Ferdinand Count FathomT. Smollett161,779Compare
5. 5The Mysterious IslandJules Verne161,727
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Counted from the text

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

Words in the text

193,403

Chapters

62about 3,119 words each

Dialogue

22%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

17.7 words

Vocabulary

426 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.

Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

• standardebooks.orgword count
• gutenberg.orgword count
• openlibrary.orgcover and record
• wikidata.orgdescription and author
• hardcover.appreaders' rating

The word count is Standard Ebooks’ count of its edition; the figures under “Counted from the text” are Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.

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