How many pages is The Picture of Dorian Gray?

About 305 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 79,182 words, about 5½ hrs of reading at an average pace.

Is The Picture of Dorian Gray worth reading?

We score it 7.0 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.02 out of 5 from 2,871 ratings, which counts for 6.9; at about 5½ hrs at an average pace it earns +0.1 for being short.

How long is The Picture of Dorian Gray audiobook?

About 9 hrs, estimated from the 79,000 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 Picture of Dorian Gray

Name: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

5½ hrsto read

7.0worth it

At your speed≈ 5½ hrs

Pages305

Audiobook≈ 9 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 79,182 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.02 out of 5, from 2,871 ratings.

Worth-it score 7.0/10 — Worth the time. Readers 6.9 (Hardcover's 4.02★ from 2,871 ratings) + length 0.1 = 7.0. How the score works →

How long does it take to read The Picture of Dorian Gray?

The complete text of The Picture of Dorian Gray runs to 79,182 words — about 305 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Picture of Dorian Gray at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	7½ hrs
Average	250	5½ hrs
Fast	400	3½ 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 9 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read The Picture of Dorian Gray?: About 5½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of The Picture of Dorian Gray runs to 79,182 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 7½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3½ hrs.
How many pages is The Picture of Dorian Gray?: About 305 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 79,182 words, about 5½ hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is The Picture of Dorian Gray worth reading?: We score it 7.0 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.02 out of 5 from 2,871 ratings, which counts for 6.9; at about 5½ hrs at an average pace it earns +0.1 for being short.
How long is The Picture of Dorian Gray audiobook?: About 9 hrs, estimated from the 79,000 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

In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body…

retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world.

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