How long does it take to read Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart)?
Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart) by Edgar Allan Poe takes about 2 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1998. 157 pages, about 43,175 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Cask of Amontillado Gold-Bug Murders in the Rue Morgue Oval Portrait Pit and the Pendulum Some Words with a Mummy Tell-tale Heart
Subjects: American Horror tales, Children's fiction, Crime, Crime fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction
