How long does it take to read The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories?
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 21 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 128 pages, about 35,200 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A bizarre menagerie of characters--including Oyster Boy, Brie Boy, Match Girl, and Stick Boy--search for love and understanding in a world that does not comprehend oddities.
Subjects: Adolescence, Fiction, Human Abnormalities, Poetry, American Fantasy poetry, Children
