How many pages is A Clockwork Orange?

144 pages, which is about 43,000 words and 3 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.

Is A Clockwork Orange worth reading?

We score it 7.1 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.98 out of 5 from 1,479 ratings, which counts for 6.7; at about 3 hrs at an average pace it earns +0.4 for being short.

How long is the A Clockwork Orange audiobook?

About 5 hrs, estimated from the 43,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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A Clockwork Orange

Name: A Clockwork Orange
Author: Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess

3 hrsto read

7.1worth it

At your speed≈ 3 hrs

Pages144

Audiobook≈ 5 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

144 pages works out to roughly 43,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 3 hrs — a day's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.98 out of 5, from 1,479 ratings.

Worth-it score 7.1/10 — Worth the time. Readers 6.7 (Hardcover's 3.98★ from 1,479 ratings) + length 0.4 = 7.1. How the score works →

How long does it take to read A Clockwork Orange?

A Clockwork Orange is 144 pages, or roughly 43,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for A Clockwork Orange at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	4 hrs
Average	250	3 hrs
Fast	400	2 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 5 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read A Clockwork Orange?: About 3 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. A Clockwork Orange runs 144 pages, roughly 43,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 4 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 2 hrs.
How many pages is A Clockwork Orange?: 144 pages, which is about 43,000 words and 3 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
Is A Clockwork Orange worth reading?: We score it 7.1 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.98 out of 5 from 1,479 ratings, which counts for 6.7; at about 3 hrs at an average pace it earns +0.4 for being short.
How long is the A Clockwork Orange audiobook?: About 5 hrs, estimated from the 43,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

Fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends start an evening's mayhem by hitting an old man, tearing up his books and stripping him of money and clothes. Or rather Alex and his three droogs tolchock an old veck, razrez his books, pull off his outer platties and take a malenky bit of cutter. For Alex's confessions are written in…

'nadsat' - the teenage argot of a not-too-distant future. Because of his delinquent excesses, Alex is jailed and made subject to 'Ludovico's Technique,' a chilling experiment in Reclamation Treatment... Horror farce? Social prophecy? Penetrating study of human choice between good and evil? A Clockwork Orange is all three, dazzling proof of Anthony Burgess's vast talents.

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