Notes from Underground
At your speed≈ 3 hrs
Pages126
Audiobook≈ 5 hrs
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.
The complete text runs to 44,193 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 3 hrs — a day's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.09 out of 5, from 704 ratings.
Worth-it score 7.6/10 — Worth the time. Readers 7.2 (Hardcover's 4.09★ from 704 ratings) + length 0.4 = 7.6. How the score works →
How long does it take to read Notes from Underground?
The complete text of Notes from Underground runs to 44,193 words — about 126 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 4 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 3 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 2 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 5 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Notes from Underground?
- About 3 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of Notes from Underground runs to 44,193 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 4 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 2 hrs.
- How many pages is Notes from Underground?
- About 126 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 44,193 words, about 3 hrs of reading at an average pace.
- Is Notes from Underground worth reading?
- We score it 7.6 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.09 out of 5 from 704 ratings, which counts for 7.2; at about 3 hrs at an average pace it earns +0.4 for being short.
- How long is the Notes from Underground audiobook?
- About 5 hrs, estimated from the 44,000 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
Written in 1864, this classic novel recounts the apology and confession of a minor nineteenth-century official, an account of the man's separation from society, and his descent "underground.".
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