78,462words
- Pages
- 219paperback, Penguin Random House SEA, 2024
- Reading time
- 5 h 14 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 8 h 26 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1890
Compared with other books
Longer than 32% of the other 366 books here.
Counted from the text
Musael counted the Project Gutenberg text of this book. It can include a preface or notes, so the total can differ a little from the figure above.
- Words in the text
- 79,182
- Chapters
- 20about 3,959 words each
- Dialogue
- 49%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 11.9 words
- Vocabulary
- 423 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 78,462 to 79,057 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9789815204230
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Picture of Dorian Gray?
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde has 78,462 words.
How many pages is The Picture of Dorian Gray?
219 pages in the paperback, Penguin Random House SEA, 2024 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Picture of Dorian Gray?
About 5 h 14 min at 250 words a minute, or 8 h 26 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.