How long does it take to read The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring?
The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Lewis Barnavelt
Previous: The Figure in the Shadows
About 3 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 188 pages, about 51,700 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 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Rose Rita Pottinger is dreading summer. With her best friend, Lewis Barnavelt, away at Boy Scout camp, vacation threatens to be altogether boring. But when Mrs. Zimmermann, Lewis's next door neighbor and a genuine witch, receives a strange deathbed letter from an eccentric uncle, unexpected things start to happen. Rose Rita and Mrs. Zimmermann set off on a trip to discover the meaning of the letter. A ransacked farmhouse, a missing ring, shadowy figures appearing in the night, and mysterious magic symbols are just the beginning as they are gradually drawn into a terrifying world of occult mysteries, where Mrs. Zimmermann's failing powers can't help them.
Subjects: Witchcraft, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Lewis Barnavelt (Fictitious character), Children's fiction
