Maria

At a glance

1798 unfinished novel by Mary Wollstonecraft.

Author

Mary Wollstonecraft1759–1797

First published

1798

Original language

English

Genre

Literary fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Standard40,000 to 80,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 3 h 2 min at 250 words a minute, or 4 h 53 min as an audiobook.

Compared with other books

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Counted from the text

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

Words in the text

45,452

Chapters

17about 2,674 words each

Dialogue

72%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

29.6 words

Vocabulary

469 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.

Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

• gutenberg.orgword count
• openlibrary.orgcover and record
• wikidata.orgdescription and author
• hardcover.appreaders' rating

The word count is Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text, which can include a preface or notes.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.

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