How long does it take to read Hard Times?
Hard Times by Charles Dickens takes about 6 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours
A weekend read
First published 1854. 327 pages, about 89,925 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1,028 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dickens scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, Hard Times features schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind, one of his most richly dimensional, memorable characters. Filled with the details and wonders of small-town life, it is also a daring novel of ideas and ultimately, a celebration of love, hope, and limitless possibilities of the imagination.
Subjects: Fiction, Social problems, Utilitarianism, Education, Social life and customs, Social conditions
