Under the Red Dragon

At a glance

1872 novel by James Grant.

Author

James Grant1822–1887

First published

1872

Genre

Historical fiction

Readers

Adult

Length

Very long120,000 to 200,000 words

How long it takes to read

About 10 h 5 min at 250 words a minute, or 16 h 16 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

151,207

Chapters

61about 2,479 words each

Dialogue

26%of the words are inside quotation marks

Average sentence

26.1 words

Vocabulary

482 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.orgbook record
• wikidata.orgdescription and author
• hardcover.appreaders' rating

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.

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