How long does it take to read The Bad Beginning?
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket takes about 3 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of A Series of Unfortunate Events
Next: The Reptile Room
About 3 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 176 pages, about 48,400 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 75 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
Subjects: Fiction, Humorous stories, Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Children's fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction
