How long does it take to read Clockwork?
Clockwork by Philip Pullman takes about 1 hour 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 57 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1996. 106 pages, about 29,150 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.
Subjects: Fiction, Clock and watch makers, Storytellers, Supernatural, Horror stories, Supernatural, fiction