# 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.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [John Bunyan](https://musael.com/books/authors/john-bunyan.md) (1628–1688)
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 58,437
- **Reading time:** 3 h 54 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 6 h 17 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 4 h 52 min | 10 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 54 min | 8 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 15 min | 7 days |

## Read or listen

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131

## 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

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268211
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL32041531W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-pilgrims-progress-from-this-world-to-that-which-is-to-come