How long does it take to read Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque?
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque by Edgar Allan Poe takes about 5 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1840. 276 pages, about 75,900 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 146 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Morella -- Lionizing -- William Wilson The man that was used up -- Fall of the House of Usher The Duc de l'Omelette -- Ms. found in a bottle -- Bon-bon -- Shadow -- The devil in the belfry -- Ligeia -- King Pest -- The Signora Zenobia -- The scythe of time -- Epimanes -- Siope -- Hans Phaall -- A tale of Jerusalem -- Von Jung -- Loss of breath -- Metzengerstein -- Berenice Why the little Frenchman wears his hand in a sling -- Assignation The conversation of Eiros and Charmion.
Subjects: short stories, aristocracy, American Horror tales, burial vaults, catalepsy, dragons
