How long does it take to read Oliver Twist?
Marian Leighton, Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Marian Leighton, Charles Dickens takes about 4 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 239 pages, about 65,725 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Retells the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Orphans, Criminals, London (England), Fiction, Robbers and outlaws
