# The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain has 53,248 words.

## At a glance

Novel by Mark Twain.

- **Author:** [Mark Twain](https://musael.com/books/authors/mark-twain.md) (1835–1910)
- **First published:** 1894
- **Original language:** American English
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 53,248
- **Reading time:** 3 h 33 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 5 h 44 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 4 h 26 min | 9 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 33 min | 8 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 57 min | 6 days |

## Read or listen

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/102

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 53,248
- Chapters: 29
- Dialogue: 38% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 18.5 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/102 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1776855
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudd%27nhead_Wilson
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL54056W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/102

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-tragedy-of-puddnhead-wilson