How long does it take to read The 5Th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories?
Mary Danby, Daphne du Maurier, Ray Bradbury, William Sansom, Henry Kuttner, Shirley Jackson, H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Roald Dahl, Monica Dickens, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, W. W. Jacobs, Guy de Maupassant, E. F. Benson, Alfred McLelland Burrage
The 5Th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories by Mary Danby, Daphne du Maurier, Ray Bradbury, William Sansom, Henry Kuttner, Shirley Jackson, H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Roald Dahl, Monica Dickens, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, W. W. Jacobs, Guy de Maupassant, E. F. Benson, Alfred McLelland Burrage takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 189 pages, about 51,975 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Contents: The Blue Lenses by Daphne du Maurier The Man Upstairs by Ray Bradbury A Woman Seldom Found by William Sansom The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Sea Raiders by H. G. Wells Tale of the Ragged Mountains by Edgar Allen Poe Georgy Porgy by Roald Dahl To Reach The Sea by Monica Dickens The Monster by R. Chetwynd-Hayes His Brother’s Keeper by W. W. Jacobs The Hand by Guy de Maupassant Mrs. Amsworth by E. F. Benson The Waxwork by A. M. Burrage Quid Pro Quo by Mary Danby
Subjects: short story, English nursery rhymes, neurosis, celibacy, vicars, spinsters
