How long does it take to read The Marvels?
The Marvels by Brian Selznick takes about 12 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 1 minute
A week or two of reading
First published 2015. 655 pages, about 180,125 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
Subjects: Runaway children, Actors and actresses, Gay men, Adventure and adventurers, Domestic architecture, Recluses
