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How long does it take to read American Gothic?

Robert Bloch

American Gothic by Robert Bloch takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 4 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1974. 222 pages, about 61,050 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 6 hours 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 4 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 33 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Castle: It looms over the streets of modern Chicago. Its stone walls conceal a maze of secret passageways and hidden rooms, private laboratories and concealed trapdoors. The Castle is home to G. Gordon Gregg, physician--murderer. His victims are young, beautiful, wealthy women. His methods are swift, scientific, and painless, his crime perfect. Until a newspaper reporter becomes suspicious. Investigating Dr. Gregg, Crystal finds herself falling in love with the charismatic surgeon, despite the danger. It is that love that seals her doom--for what G. Gordon Gregg loves, he kills....

Subjects: Gothic novels, Detective and mystery stories, Romantic thrillers, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense

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