32,059words
- Pages
- 96paperback, Vintage, 2017
- Reading time
- 2 h 8 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 3 h 27 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1895
Compared with other books
Longer than 4% 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
- 32,613
- Average sentence
- 16.8 words
- Vocabulary
- 431 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 32,059 to 32,508 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780525432357
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Time Machine?
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells has 32,059 words.
How many pages is The Time Machine?
96 pages in the paperback, Vintage, 2017 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Time Machine?
About 2 h 8 min at 250 words a minute, or 3 h 27 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.