How long does it take to read The Nightmare Reader?
Peter Haining, Matthew Lewis, Mary Shelley, Washington Irving, Thomas De Quincey, Edward Bulwer, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, C. F. Hoffman, Lafcadio Hearn, H. P. Blavatsky, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Conan Doyle, Aleister Crowley, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, Montague Summers, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, John Gawsworth, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke
The Nightmare Reader by Peter Haining, Matthew Lewis, Mary Shelley, Washington Irving, Thomas De Quincey, Edward Bulwer, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, C. F. Hoffman, Lafcadio Hearn, H. P. Blavatsky, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Conan Doyle, Aleister Crowley, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, Montague Summers, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, John Gawsworth, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke takes about 5 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1973. 298 pages, about 81,950 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. The bold dragoon / by Washington Irving Drug addiction. Levana and our ladies of sorrow / by Thomas de Quincey Sorcery. The magician / by Lord Lytton Morphia influence. Berenice / by Edgar Allan Poe Schizophrenia. The drunkard's dream / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Claustrophobia. The man in the reservoir / by C.F. Hoffman The blood drinker. Haceldama / by Lafcadio Hearn Hallucination. The ensouled violin / by Madame Blavatsky Morbidity. Visions of the night / by Ambrose Bierce The legendary dream. The soldier's rest / by Arthur Machen A trauma of war. The bureau d'échange de Maux / by Lord Dunsany Psychic experience. The silver mirror / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The occultist. The testament of Magdalen Blair / by Aleister Crowley Visionary. A dream of Armageddon / by H.G. Wells Ghostly visitation. A school story / by M.R. James Obsession. The grimoire / by Montague Summers Recluse. The evil clergyman / by H.P. Lovecraft Nightmare. The slayers and the slain / by August Derleth Fear of illness. The shifting growth / by John Gawsworth Arachnophobia. Along came a spider / by Algernon Blackwood Night fantasy. The head hunter / by Robert Bloch A waking dream. The haunting of the new / by Ray Bradbury The future. The curse / by Arthur C. Clarke
Subjects: short stories, horror stories, obsessive-compulsive disorder, monomania, fixation, catalepsy
