How long does it take to read Dickens?
Dickens by Peter Ackroyd takes about 21 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 21 hours 42 minutes
A long haul
First published 1990. 1,184 pages, about 325,600 words.
44 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 36 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 21 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 13 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A biography of the life and work of the celebrated English novelist.
Subjects: English Novelists, Biography, Nonfiction - General, English Authors, Novelists, english
