How long does it take to read Tales of Mystery and Imagination?
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe takes about 7 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1856. 383 pages, about 105,325 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 87 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
3 · The Unparalleled Adventure Of One Hans Pfaall · ss Southern Literary Messenger June 1835 24 · The Gold-Bug · nv Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper June 21-28 1843 39 · The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar · ss American Whig Review December 1845 43 · Ms. Found In A Bottle · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833 47 · A Descent Into The Maelström · ss Graham’s Lady’s And Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841 54 · The Murders In The Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv Graham’s Lady’s And Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 69 · The Mystery Of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2) 89 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv The Gift: A Christmas And New Year’s Present For 1845, Carey & Hart 1844 97 · The Black Cat · ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post August 19 1843 101 · The Fall Of The House Of Usher · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 108 · The Pit And The Pendulum · ss The Gift: A Christmas And New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart 1842 115 · The Premature Burial · ss Dollar Newspaper July 31 1844 121 · The Masque Of The Red Death · ss Graham’s Lady’s And Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842 123 · The Cask Of Amontillado [Fortunato] · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 126 · Assignation Southern Literary Messenger July 1835, as “The Visionary” 131 · The Spectacles · ss Broadway Journal v2 #20 1845 141 · Three Sundays In A Week · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 27 1841 144 · Some Words With A Mummy · ss American Whig Review April 1845 151 · The Imp Of The Perverse · ss Graham’s Lady’s And Gentleman’s Magazine July 1845 153 · The Island Of The Fay · ss Graham’s Lady’s And Gentleman’s Magazine June 1841 155 · The Philosophy Of Composition · ar Graham’s Lady’s And Gentleman’s Magazine April
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, horror, Sound recordings for foreign speakers, American Detective and mystery stories, American Horror tales, Fiction, short stories (single author)
