Is it possible to read the book A Christmas Carol in 1 day?
Depending on your speed, you should be able to read A Christmas Carol in either a couple or a few hours. It’s very short. One of my copies is only 72 pages (no, it’s not an abridged version; including chapter titles and Dickens’ original inscription, it is 28,633 words). Note: If you want to test your reading speed, it only takes a minute, this site http://mindbluff.com/askread.htm will give you an estimate of the number of words you read per minute. I tried it out. According to my result, it should take me between 1 hour 36 minutes and 1 hour 55 minutes to read the entire book, including Charles Dickens’ short preface. (I’ve never timed myself while reading it, which I do every Christmas.
