Robert Elsmere

At a glance

Author

Humphry Mrs. Ward1851–1920

Genre

Literary fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Epic200,000 words or more

How long it takes to read

About 19 h 6 min at 250 words a minute, or 30 h 48 min as an audiobook.

More by Humphry Mrs. Ward

• The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne Brontë and Humphry Mrs. Ward167,133 words

All books by Humphry Mrs. Ward

Compared with other books

The books closest in length, and a few well-known ones for scale.

1. 1War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy587,287Compare
2. 2A Game of ThronesGeorge R. R. Martin292,727Compare
3. 3The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe291,277Compare
4. 4Robert ElsmereHumphry Mrs. Ward286,492
5. 5InheritanceChristopher Paolini280,712Compare
6. 6Kingdom of AshSarah J. Maas272,682Compare
7. 7The Fellowship of the RingJ. R. R. Tolkien177,227Compare
8. 8Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen121,970Compare
9. 9Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJ. K. Rowling76,944Compare
10. 10The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald47,094Compare

Counted from the text

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

Words in the text

286,492

Chapters

52about 5,509 words each

Average sentence

19.9 words

Vocabulary

465 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

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.

Questions