265,391words
- Pages
- 1,040hardcover, Penguin Classics, 2022
- Reading time
- 17 h 42 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 28 h 32 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1922
Compared with other books
Longer than 87% 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
- 265,096
- Average sentence
- 11.3 words
- Vocabulary
- 511 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 264,258 to 265,391 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- penguin.co.ukpages of this edition · ISBN 9780241552636
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Ulysses?
Ulysses by James Joyce has 265,391 words.
How many pages is Ulysses?
1,040 pages in the hardcover, Penguin Classics, 2022 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Ulysses?
About 17 h 42 min at 250 words a minute, or 28 h 32 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.