How long does it take to read The Castle of Otranto?
Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole takes about 2 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 5 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1764. 114 pages, about 31,350 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 582 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book is the earliest and most influential of the Gothic novels. First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted, as he declared in the Preface to the second edition, "to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern." He gives us a series of catastrophes, ghostly interventions, revelations of identity, and exciting contests. Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. - Back cover.
Subjects: Castles, Gothic revival (Literature), Vampires, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Inheritance and succession
