How Long to Read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

How Long Does it Take to Read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?

It takes the average reader and 43 minutes to read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley by Classic Literature Classic Literature Collection

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. Considering the novel's enduring success, it is remarkable that it began merely as a whim of Lord Byron's. "We will each write a story," Byron announced to his next-door neighbors, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley. The friends were summering on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816, Shelley still unknown as a poet and Byron writing the third canto of Childe Harold. When continued rains kept them confined indoors, all agreed to Byron's proposal. The illustrious poets failed to complete their ghost stories, but Mary Shelley rose supremely to the challenge. With Frankenstein, she succeeded admirably in the task she set for herself: to create a story that, in her own words, "would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror -- one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart."

How long is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley by Classic Literature Classic Literature Collection is 43 pages long, and a total of 10,879 words.

This makes it 15% the length of the average book. It also has 13% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 59 minutes to read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley aloud.

What Reading Level is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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