How long does it take to read Ghost Stories?
Joan Aiken, Ruth Ainsworth, Brian Alderson, Robert Arthur, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, L. M. Boston, Arthur Conan Doyle, Helen Cresswell, Roald Dahl, Paul Dorrell, John Gordon, W. W. Jacobs, M. R. James, Michael Joseph, Gene Kemp, Walter De la Mare, E. Nesbit, Oliver Onions, Philippa Pearce, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Saki, H. Russell Wakefield, H. G. Wells
Ghost Stories by Joan Aiken, Ruth Ainsworth, Brian Alderson, Robert Arthur, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, L. M. Boston, Arthur Conan Doyle, Helen Cresswell, Roald Dahl, Paul Dorrell, John Gordon, W. W. Jacobs, M. R. James, Michael Joseph, Gene Kemp, Walter De la Mare, E. Nesbit, Oliver Onions, Philippa Pearce, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Saki, H. Russell Wakefield, H. G. Wells takes about 5 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1956. 302 pages, about 83,050 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An exciting collection of tales from the twilight world of haunted houses and hair-raising spectres is contained in this spine-chilling anthology. Includes: THE RIDDLE | Walter de la Mare THE MONKEY'S PAW | W. W. Jacobs A TOUGH TUSSLE | Ambrose Bierce THROUGH THE DOOR (from The Phantom Roundabout and Other Ghostly Stories) | Ruth Ainsworth A PAIR OF HANDS | Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE | E. Nesbit KROGER'S CHOICE | John Gordon MANY COLOURED GLASS (from Young Winter's Tales) | Lucy M. Boston THE CLOCK TOWER GHOST (from The Clock Tower Ghost) | Gene Kemp THE BROWN HAND | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE GORGE OF THE CHURELS | H. Russell Wakefield THE TELL-TALE HEART | Edgar Allan Poe A KIND OF SWAN SONG | Helen Cresswell THE HAUNTED TRAILER | Robert Arthur THE STRANGER | Ambrose Bierce THE HAUNTED DOLL'S HOUSE | M. R. James THE Landlady (from Kiss Kiss) | Roald Dahl BAD COMPANY | Walter de la Mare THE YELLOW CAT | Michael Joseph THE WOOING OF CHERRY BASNETT | Brian Alderson EXPIATION | E. F. Benson THE SHADOW-CAGE (from The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural) | Philippa Pearce THE MORTAL | Oliver Onions TEA AND EMPATHY | Paul Dorrell LAURA | Saki THE RED ROOM | H. G. Wells THE WELL | W. W. Jacobs THE SWAN CHILD (from A Whisper in the Night) | Joan Aiken
Subjects: ghost stories, ghost story, ghosts, supernatural, ghost, haunted
