The Phantom of the Opera

At a glance

Author

Gaston Leroux1868–1927

Genre

Gothic fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Long80,000 to 120,000 words

Readers' rating

3.7 out of 5from 380 ratings on Hardcover

How long it takes to read

About 5 h 28 min at 250 words a minute, or 8 h 50 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.

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6. 6The Phantom of the OperaGaston Leroux82,108
7. 7Witches AbroadTerry Pratchett81,665Compare
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9. 9Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJ. K. Rowling76,944Compare
10. 10The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald47,094Compare

Counted from the text

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

Words in the text

84,763

Chapters

24about 3,532 words each

Dialogue

40%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

13 words

Vocabulary

406 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.orgbook 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.

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