Reading time
How long does it take to read The Wide Window?
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket is about 214 pages, so it takes about 4 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 8 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
3 h 45 min
The Wide Window · Lemony Snicket · first published 2000
- Pages
- 214
- 30 min a day
- 8 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 4 h 57 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 3 h 45 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 2 h 58 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 2 h 14 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 15 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 8 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 5 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 4 days |
Page count: median of 52 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#3 in A Series of Unfortunate Events
Next in the series: The Miserable Mill (2000, 202 pages)
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The Wide Window: reading time questions
- How many pages is The Wide Window?
- The Wide Window is about 214 pages. That is the median across the 52 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read The Wide Window?
- About 3 h 45 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 2 h 58 min.
- How many days to read The Wide Window at 30 minutes a day?
- About 8 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 15 days, and at an hour a day about 4 days.
- What number is The Wide Window in the A Series of Unfortunate Events series?
- The Wide Window is book 3 in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
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