How long does it take to read A Christmas Carol?
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens takes about 2 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 5 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1843. 114 pages, about 31,350 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3,196 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A reprinting of the 1843 first edition, complete with the original illustrations, is supplemented by over eighty related sketches and annotations on and analyses of the text and historical notes on the writing of "The Christmas Carol."
Subjects: Children's fiction, Christmas, fiction, Christmas, Drama, Ghosts, London (england), fiction
