Word Counts Of Redwall Books

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/

Whenever I see the words “Lonna Bowstripe,” I am transported to last winter when I was reading Loamhedge, and I hear Brian Jacques’ accent reading the name in my head. Lonna Bowstripe. What a good badger.

“my family was murdered by pirates so now I obsessively hunt down all searats and corsairs in vengeance by shooting them with my special bow and arrows”

no he wasn’t /lh

gruntan kurdly was right about hard boiled eggs

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

Male warriors in Redwall: I am going to stab you with this ancient sword forged by the greatest badger smiths in the land

Female warriors in Redwall: I am going to beat you to death with this actual piece of trash I found on the beach and you are going to thank me for it 

Just added to the shop—a hand-printed mouse librarian bookplate. Perhaps they work in an abbey and can point you toward a clue that will help you on your adventure?