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How long does it take to read The Castle of Adventure?

Enid Blyton

The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton takes about 4 hours to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 2 of The Adventure Series

Previous: The Island of Adventure Next: The Valley of Adventure

About 4 hours

A weekend read

First published 1946. 218 pages, about 59,950 words. Written for children.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 6 hours 40 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 30 minutes

The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Lucy-Ann, Jack, Dinah, and Philip spend the holidays in a cottage near a strange, deserted castle, and find themselves in the midst of another adventure, involving a torch flashing at night and men at work in the depths of the castle.

Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Fiction, Children's stories, Castles, Juvenile fiction, Adventure

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