How long does it take to read Roald Dahl Treasury?
Roald Dahl Treasury by Roald Dahl takes about 8 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 8 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 444 pages, about 122,100 words. Written for children.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Description: 444 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Contents: Be nice to frogs -- Twits -- Enormous crocodile -- Pig -- Letter from America -- Letters from abroad -- Owl and the pussy-cat -- Fantastic Mr. Fox -- Creating characters -- Giraffe and the pelly and me -- Boy who talked with animals -- Stealing a magpie -- Little red riding hood and the wolf -- Three little pigs -- Moles -- Lion -- Roald Dahl, author -- Tortoises -- Esio trot -- Tortoise-catcher -- Hickety, pickety -- Crocodile -- Those who don't believe in magic will never find it -- BFG -- BFG stamp -- Snozzcumbers -- Minpins -- Cinderella -- James and the giant peach -- Jack and the beanstalk -- Witches -- Cow -- Cadbury's dairy milk -- Charlie and the chocolate factory -- Veruca salt song -- Treats -- George's marvellous medicine -- Winkles for tea -- Sweet-shop -- Little nut-tree -- Matilda's father -- Danny's father -- Roald Dahl's father -- Letter from Roald Dahl to his sister, Alfhild -- Headmaster -- Roald Dahl guide to railway safety -- Matilda -- When we acquired the motor-boat -- Dahl invention-- Poem in reply to schoolchildren -- Danny, the champion of the world -- Hansel and Gretel -- Hansen and Gretel spare ribs -- Conkers! -- Letter from Roald Dahl to his mother -- Drive in the motor-car -- When you grow up -- Biggest hip bone ever -- Lucky break -- Photography -- Motorbikes -- Twits -- Emperor's new clothes -- Wild mushrooms -- Simba -- Ideas to help aspiring writers -- Green mamba -- Where art thou, Mother Christmas? -- Hot and cold -- Price of debauchery -- Dar es salaam to Nairobi by Ford Prefect -- Letter from Roald Dahl to his mother -- Survival -- First encounter with a bandit -- Roald Dahl talking -- As I grow old.
Subjects: Children's literature, English, Collections, Literary collections, Humorous stories, Short stories, Littérature de jeunesse anglaise
