How many pages is Frankenstein?

About 352 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 75,144 words, about 5 hrs of reading at an average pace.

How long is the Frankenstein audiobook?

About 8½ hrs, estimated from the 75,000 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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Frankenstein

Name: Frankenstein
Author: Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

5 hrsto read

6.4worth it

At your speed≈ 5 hrs

Pages352

Audiobook≈ 8½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 75,144 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5 hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.89 out of 5, from 2,614 ratings.

Worth-it score 6.4/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 6.3 (Hardcover's 3.89★ from 2,614 ratings) + length 0.1 = 6.4. How the score works →

How long does it take to read Frankenstein?

The complete text of Frankenstein runs to 75,144 words — about 352 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Frankenstein at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	7 hrs
Average	250	5 hrs
Fast	400	3 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 8½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Frankenstein?: About 5 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of Frankenstein runs to 75,144 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 7 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3 hrs.
How many pages is Frankenstein?: About 352 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 75,144 words, about 5 hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is Frankenstein 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 3.89 out of 5 from 2,614 ratings, which counts for 6.3; at about 5 hrs at an average pace it earns +0.1 for being short.
How long is the Frankenstein audiobook?: About 8½ hrs, estimated from the 75,000 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

Mary Shelley (then Godwin) and Percy Bysshe Shelley were visiting their friend Lord Byron in Geneva one rainy summer. With the weather against them, they decided to spend their time writing ghost stories for each other.…

Frankenstein is Mary Shelley’s submission to their contest, later published anonymously in 1818. Victor Frankenstein, a strange but brilliant scientist, discovers a method of imparting life to inanimate matter. The Monster is thus born: a hideous, 8-foot-tall creature of muscle, speed, and intellect. Frankenstein’s rejection of his appalling creation sends it into a spiral of despair, and Frankenstein’s life is never the same.

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