How long does it take to read Novels?
Novels by Charles Dickens takes about 6 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 7 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1846. 334 pages, about 91,850 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Christmas carol; The chimes; The cricket on the hearth.
Subjects: Ebenezer Scrooge (Fictitious character), Sick children, Ghost stories, Poor families, Misers, Fiction
