# The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe has 70,719 words.

## At a glance

1838 novel by Edgar Allan Poe.

- **Author:** [Edgar Allan Poe](https://musael.com/books/authors/edgar-allan-poe.md) (1809–1849)
- **First published:** 1838
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** adventure
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 70,719
- **Reading time:** 4 h 43 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 7 h 36 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 5 h 54 min | 12 days |
| 250 wpm | 4 h 43 min | 10 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 56 min | 8 days |

## Read or listen

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe/the-narrative-of-arthur-gordon-pym-of-nantucket
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51060

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 71,333
- Chapters: 24
- Average sentence: 28.2 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe/the-narrative-of-arthur-gordon-pym-of-nantucket (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51060 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615383
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narrative_of_Arthur_Gordon_Pym_of_Nantucket
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40988W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51060

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-narrative-of-arthur-gordon-pym-of-nantucket