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How long does it take to read Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe?

Edgar Allan Poe

Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe takes about 7 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 55 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1940. 432 pages, about 118,800 words. Written for children.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 12 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 55 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 57 minutes

The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

21 stories: Tell-tale Heart Cask of Amontillado Hop-Frog Black Cat Ligeia Assignation The Oval Portrait . Masque of the Red Death Fall of the House of Usher The Murders in the Rue Morgue . The Mystery of Marie Roget Purloined Letter Gold-Bug Shadow—A Parable . MS Found in a Bottle . Descent into the Maelstrom Pit and the Pendulum The Sphinx The Man of the Crowd The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether William Wilson 34 poems: Alone Annabel Lee A Pæan Bells Bridal Ballad City in the Sea Conqueror Worm Dream Dream-Land Dreams Dream Within a Dream Eldorado Eulalie Evening Star For Annie Haunted Palace Imitation In Youth I Have Known One Israfel Lenore Raven Romance Silence Sleeper Song Spirits of the Dead To To To Helen To Helen To Science To the River Ulalume Valley of Unrest

Subjects: Laments, Narrative poetry, Poetry, Grief, American poetry, American Children's poetry

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