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Word counts of Redwall books

I found a cool post on Reddit in r/eulalia by u/thepixelmurderer I want to share here because I found it very interesting. Enjoy!

Someone suggested I do this all in one post, so I’ll do that :)

Redwall: 102.5K

Mossflower: 113.5K

Mattimeo: 120.4K

Mariel of Redwall: 103.8K

Salamandastron: 103.4K

Martin the Warrior: 100.2K

The Bellmaker: 90.5K

Outcast of Redwall: 95.8K

The Pearls of Lutra: 110.4K

The Long Patrol: 93.8K

Marlfox: 108.4K

The Legend of Luke: 105.1K

Lord Brocktree: 105.7K

The Taggerung: 126.2K

Triss: 109.3K

Loamhedge: 120.8K

Rakkety Tam: 104.4K

High Rhulain: 94.1K

Eulalia!: 112.4K

Doomwyte: 103.6K

The Sable Quean: 116.4K

The Rogue Crew: 110.8K

On average, a Redwall book has a word count of about 106.9K, and the series total word count is about 2 351 000.

I hope this new info is helpful to everyone :)

I deleted some from the post, there was more.

 You can read the original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/eulalia/comments/gkmce1/word_counts_of_redwall_all_books/

Mushroom and chestnut stew (from Martin the Warrior), homemade bread, and rhubarb custard pie (not a Redwall recipe but nonetheless fits the vibe)!

This is incredible

“Mad Eyes will find me, his claws stretch beyond sea and land! Fools that we were to take the Tears of all Oceans, death follows wherever they go! Witless beast that I am, woe to me, ‘tis useless to try to escape the vengeance of Mad Eyes!” I am FASCINATED by Graylunk’s misery. I couldn’t resist whipping up a quick humanization because this book has me by the throat /pos

Birds of Prey. Written / illustrated by John Leigh-Pemberton. 1970.

On “Eulalia:” me and my little etymology brain

“The term is supposedly derived from an ancient Norse, Viking, or Celtic word meaning ‘victory.’”1 “It comes from "Weialala leia", the lament of the Valkyries in Richard Wagner's opera Götterdämmerung, as quoted by T. S. Eliot in The Waste Land.”2

In The Waste Land, “modern (1920s) Europe has become an uncivilised place: not only in the fact that it has been the scene of a massively destructive war; but also in the sense that it has lost its way morally and spiritually.”3 In the poem, Eliot makes allusions to many older classic works of art. One of these, of course, is Götterdämmerung. The opera is German, but is written about the Valkyries of Norse stories, which is where “Norse, Viking, or Celtic” comes in. The Valkyries were mythical women who guided soldiers after their death. Apparently, they cried “Weialala leia” to mean victory, as far as Wagner transcribed it.

Or, at least, that’s as far as I can figure it. He must’ve been such a well-read man

Sources and Disclaimers

1: Redwall wiki, where we get “victory”

2: Wikipedia, where we get everything about Wagner and Eliot, but keep in mind that this is un-cited

3: An explanation of The Waste Land

Also see “Brian Jacques discuss the term 'Eulalia' on the Redwall TV Series” <3