How long does it take to read The House with a Clock in Its Walls?
The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs takes about 3 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Lewis Barnavelt
About 3 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1973. 179 pages, about 49,225 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 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 41 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watching magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Selenna Izard. It seems that Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls—a clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it!
Subjects: Magic, Fiction, Children's stories, Juvenile fiction, Magicians, Juvenile works
