How long does it take to read The Witches?
The Witches by Roald Dahl takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 208 pages, about 57,200 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 121 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
Subjects: Fiction, Witches, Grandmothers, Juvenile fiction, Ficción juvenil, Brujas
