How long does it take to read Can Such Things Be??
Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce takes about 3 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1893. 215 pages, about 59,125 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 51 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: American Short stories, short stories, horror tales, horror, inquests, coroners
