How many pages is Lolita?

335 pages, which is about 101,000 words and 6½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.

Is Lolita worth reading?

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.89 out of 5, from 1,488 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 335 pages and about 6½ hrs of your time, or 4 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.

How long is the Lolita audiobook?

About 11 hrs, estimated from the 101,000 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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Lolita

Name: Lolita
Author: Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

6½ hrsto read

At your speed≈ 6½ hrs

Pages335

Audiobook≈ 11 hrs

335 pages works out to roughly 101,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 6½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.89 out of 5, from 1,488 ratings.

How long does it take to read Lolita?

Lolita is 335 pages, or roughly 101,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Lolita at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	9½ hrs
Average	250	6½ hrs
Fast	400	4 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — use the reading-speed control to set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts.

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Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Lolita?: About 6½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Lolita runs 335 pages, roughly 101,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 9½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 4 hrs.
How many pages is Lolita?: 335 pages, which is about 101,000 words and 6½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
Is Lolita worth reading?: Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.89 out of 5, from 1,488 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 335 pages and about 6½ hrs of your time, or 4 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
How long is the Lolita audiobook?: About 11 hrs, estimated from the 101,000 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

The most famous and controversial novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century tells the story of Humbert Humbert’s obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. “The conjunction of a sense of humor with a sense of horror [results in] satire of a very special kind.”—The New Yorker One of The…

Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Awe and exhilaration—along with heartbreak and mordant wit—abound in Lolita, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is a meditation on love—love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.

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