How many pages is The Brothers Karamazov?

About 796 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 351,267 words, about 23½ hrs of reading at an average pace.

Is The Brothers Karamazov worth reading?

We score it 7.7 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.38 out of 5 from 759 ratings, which counts for 8.5; at about 23½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.8 for its length.

How long is The Brothers Karamazov audiobook?

About 39 hrs, estimated from the 351,000 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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The Brothers Karamazov

Name: The Brothers Karamazov
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

23½ hrsto read

7.7worth it

At your speed≈ 23½ hrs

Pages796

Audiobook≈ 39 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 351,267 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 23½ hrs — a week or more of evenings.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.38 out of 5, from 759 ratings.

Worth-it score 7.7/10 — Worth the time. Readers 8.5 (Hardcover's 4.38★ from 759 ratings) − length 0.8 = 7.7. How the score works →

How long does it take to read The Brothers Karamazov?

The complete text of The Brothers Karamazov runs to 351,267 words — about 796 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Brothers Karamazov at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	33½ hrs
Average	250	23½ hrs
Fast	400	14½ 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 39 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read The Brothers Karamazov?: About 23½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of The Brothers Karamazov runs to 351,267 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 33½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 14½ hrs.
How many pages is The Brothers Karamazov?: About 796 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 351,267 words, about 23½ hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is The Brothers Karamazov worth reading?: We score it 7.7 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.38 out of 5 from 759 ratings, which counts for 8.5; at about 23½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.8 for its length.
How long is The Brothers Karamazov audiobook?: About 39 hrs, estimated from the 351,000 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

When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's…

rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyone's faith in humanity is tested.

Fiction, psychologicalFathers and sons, fictionBrothers, fiction