# The Well at the World's End

The Well at the World's End by William Morris has 224,303 words.

## At a glance

1896 novel by William Morris.

- **Author:** [William Morris](https://musael.com/books/authors/william-morris.md) (1834–1896)
- **First published:** 1896
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** fantasy
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 224,303
- **Reading time:** 14 h 57 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 24 h 7 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 18 h 42 min | 38 days |
| 250 wpm | 14 h 57 min | 30 days |
| 300 wpm | 12 h 28 min | 25 days |

## Read or listen

The Well at the World's End is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-morris/the-well-at-the-worlds-end
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/169

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 225,446
- Chapters: 123
- Dialogue: 52% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 32.2 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-morris/the-well-at-the-worlds-end (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/169 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2384134
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well_at_the_World%27s_End
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL47750W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/169

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-well-at-the-worlds-end