How many pages is Candide?

About 208 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 35,851 words, about 2½ hrs of reading at an average pace.

How long is the Candide audiobook?

About 4 hrs, estimated from the 36,000 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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Candide

Name: Candide
Author: Voltaire

Voltaire

2½ hrsto read

6.4worth it

At your speed≈ 2½ hrs

Pages208

Audiobook≈ 4 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 35,851 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 2½ hrs — a day's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.78 out of 5, from 613 ratings.

Worth-it score 6.4/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 5.9 (Hardcover's 3.78★ from 613 ratings) + length 0.5 = 6.4. How the score works →

How long does it take to read Candide?

The complete text of Candide runs to 35,851 words — about 208 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Candide at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	3½ hrs
Average	250	2½ hrs
Fast	400	1½ hrs

Counted word for word from the complete public-domain text on Project Gutenberg, so these times don't depend on any one edition's page count. 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 4 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Candide?: About 2½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of Candide runs to 35,851 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 3½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 1½ hrs.
How many pages is Candide?: About 208 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 35,851 words, about 2½ hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is Candide worth reading?: We score it 6.4 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.78 out of 5 from 613 ratings, which counts for 5.9; at about 2½ hrs at an average pace it earns +0.5 for being short.
How long is the Candide audiobook?: About 4 hrs, estimated from the 36,000 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

Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a…

breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.

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