How long does it take to read Through the Looking-Glass?
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll takes about 2 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Alice books
Previous: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
About 2 hours 29 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1865. 135 pages, about 37,125 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 | 4 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1,379 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On a snowy night, Alice is playing with her two kittens by the fire when she wonders what lies on the far side of the mirror above the mantel. She discovers she can step straight through it. Beyond is a reversed version of her own home, where logic runs backwards, chessmen are alive and nursery-rhyme figures are real. The countryside is laid out like a giant chessboard, its squares divided by small brooks, and the Red Queen tells her she may become a queen herself by advancing to the eighth rank. Her journey leads her among eccentric, quarrelsome characters.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Fantasy, Fiction, English Nonsense verses, Children's poetry, English, Nonsense verses, English poetry
