# The Witch of Salem

The Witch of Salem by John R. Musick has 80,974 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [John R. Musick](https://musael.com/books/authors/john-r-musick.md) (1849–1901)
- **Genre:** historical fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 80,974
- **Reading time:** 5 h 24 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 8 h 42 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 6 h 45 min | 14 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 24 min | 11 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 30 min | 9 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26282

## 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: 20
- Dialogue: 33% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 15.6 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26282 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16313660W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26282

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-witch-of-salem