How long does it take to read Wicked?
Wicked by Gregory Maguire takes about 8 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 40 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1995. 473 pages, about 130,075 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 54 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.
Subjects: Love, Witches, Fiction, Oz (Imaginary place), Brujas, Novela
