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How long does it take to read Clockwork?

Philip Pullman

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

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