How long does it take to read Dombey and Son?
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens takes about 14 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1800. 798 pages, about 219,450 words.
30 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 326 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dombey and Son is both a firm and a family and the ambiguous connection between public and private life lies at the heart of Dickens' novel. Paul Dombey is a man who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business: calculatingly, callously, coldly and commercially. Through his dysfunctional relationships with his son, his two wives, and his neglected daughter Florence, Dickens paints a vivid picture of the limitations of a society dominated by commercial values and the drive for profit andexplores the possibility of moral and emotional redemption through familial love.
Subjects: Fiction, Businesspeople, Family-owned business enterprises, Fathers and daughters, Problem families, Dysfunctional families
