How long does it take to read I'm the King of the Castle?
I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1970. 222 pages, about 61,050 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tells the story of two boys forced to live together by their widowed parents, it is a chilling portrayal of childhood, cruelty and persecution, of parental blindness and of out own ambivalence to what are supposed to be the happiest days of our lives.
Subjects: Childhood, Lack of Parenting, Isolation, Nature, Fiction, general
