How long does it take to read The Tell-Tale Heart?
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe takes about 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 33 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1958. 30 pages, about 8,250 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 71 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is often considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and is one of Poe's best known short stories. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed.
Subjects: Asesinato, Cuentos de terror estadounidenses, Ficción, American Horror tales, Children's fiction, Crime
