John BunyanLiterary fiction

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan has 58,437 words, about 3 h 54 min of reading.

words
58,437
Reading time
3 h 54 min
Listening time
6 h 17 min

Standard Longer than 21% of the other 735 books here.

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At a glance

Author
John Bunyan1628–1688
Readers
Adult
Length
Standard40,000 to 80,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 3 h 54 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 17 min as an audiobook.

Reading speedWhole bookAt 30 minutes a day
Careful200 words a minute4 h 52 min10 days
Average250 words a minute3 h 54 min8 days
Fast300 words a minute3 h 15 min7 days

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come

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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
58,437
Average sentence
18.4 words
Vocabulary
369 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.

The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.

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

Questions

How many words is The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come?

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan has 58,437 words.

How long does it take to read The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come?

About 3 h 54 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 17 min as an audiobook.

How many days to read The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come at 30 minutes a day?

About 8 days at an average reading speed.

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