How long does it take to read Herbert West?
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Herbert West by H. P. Lovecraft takes about 1 hour 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 4 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1985. 58 pages, about 15,950 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
