# The Son of Monte-Cristo

The Son of Monte-Cristo by Jules Lermina has 105,616 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Jules Lermina](https://musael.com/books/authors/jules-lermina.md) (1839–1915)
- **Genre:** adventure
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 105,616
- **Reading time:** 7 h 2 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 11 h 21 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 8 h 48 min | 18 days |
| 250 wpm | 7 h 2 min | 15 days |
| 300 wpm | 5 h 52 min | 12 days |

## Read or listen

The Son of Monte-Cristo is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26216

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 105,616
- Chapters: 69
- Dialogue: 41% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 11 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26216 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16026926W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26216

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-son-of-monte-cristo