How many words are in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
by Lewis Carroll · 1865 · Fantasy
26,525
Word count
1 hr 51 min
Reading time
107
Est. pages
1865
Published
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is approximately 26,525 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 1 hr 51 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1865, it sits in the Fantasy category.
Typical fantasy novels run 70,000–150,000 words, with a sweet spot around 90,000–120,000. At 26,525 words, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland comes in below the typical range — closer to a novella in length.
Source: Word count computed from the Project Gutenberg plain-text edition (eBook #11, public domain) · referenceVerified 2026-06-21
Fantasy novels of similar length
| Title | Author | Word count |
|---|---|---|
| Through the Looking-Glass | Lewis Carroll | 29,752 |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis | 36,363 |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 39,649 |
| The Marvelous Land of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 41,878 |
| Peter Pan | J.M. Barrie | 47,268 |
| The Princess and the Goblin | George MacDonald | 50,960 |