How long does it take to read The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain?
Charles Dickens, John Tenniel, Frank Stone
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens, John Tenniel, Frank Stone takes about 2 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 16 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1848. 124 pages, about 34,100 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 238 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this story, Dickens narrates the hair-raising experiences of a professor. As the protagonist dwells on his past sorrows and mistakes, a phantom visits him. It offers him a bizarre escape from painful recollections of yesteryear by offering to eradicate his memory. On seeing the professor turn into a man devoid of emotions, the reader realizes how empty one becomes without a past.
Subjects: Social life and customs, English Christmas stories, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, English wit and humor, Ghost stories
