How long does it take to read Tales of the Unexpected?
Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl takes about 5 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 286 pages, about 78,650 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 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: cancer, brain, artificial hearts, Ringer's solution, phantom limbs, widows
