# The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe has 291,277 words.

## At a glance

1794 novel by Ann Radcliffe.

- **Author:** [Ann Ward Radcliffe](https://musael.com/books/authors/ann-ward-radcliffe.md) (1764–1823)
- **First published:** 1794
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** gothic fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 291,277
- **Reading time:** 19 h 25 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 31 h 19 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 24 h 16 min | 49 days |
| 250 wpm | 19 h 25 min | 39 days |
| 300 wpm | 16 h 11 min | 33 days |

## Read or listen

The Mysteries of Udolpho is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/ann-radcliffe/the-mysteries-of-udolpho
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3268

## 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: 57
- Dialogue: 26% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 27.4 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/ann-radcliffe/the-mysteries-of-udolpho (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3268 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2600909
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysteries_of_Udolpho
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL695211W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3268

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-mysteries-of-udolpho