The Mysteries of Udolpho

At a glance

1794 novel by Ann Radcliffe.

Author

Ann Ward Radcliffe1764–1823

First published

1794

Original language

English

Genre

Gothic fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Epic200,000 words or more

Readers' rating

3.0 out of 5from 26 ratings on Hardcover

How long it takes to read

About 19 h 25 min at 250 words a minute, or 31 h 19 min as an audiobook.

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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

291,582

Chapters

57about 5,115 words each

Dialogue

26%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

27.4 words

Vocabulary

428 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.

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

The word count is Standard Ebooks’ count of its edition; the figures under “Counted from the text” are Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text.

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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