The Witch of Salem

At a glance

Author

John R. Musick1849–1901

Genre

Historical fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Long80,000 to 120,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 5 h 24 min at 250 words a minute, or 8 h 42 min as an audiobook.

Compared with other books

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

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4. 4'Firebrand' TrevisonCharles Alden Seltzer81,149Compare
5. 5The Shepherd's CrownTerry Pratchett81,000Compare
6. 6The Witch of SalemJohn R. Musick80,974
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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

80,974

Chapters

20about 4,049 words each

Dialogue

33%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

15.6 words

Vocabulary

439 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.

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