About This Book
Includes the story "Poison," now a short film from Wes Anderson on Netflix In this collection of stories, Dahl tantalizes, amuses, and sometimes terrifies readers about what lurks beneath the ordinary. • “With the inventive power of a Thomas Edison and the imagination of a Lewis Carroll . . . Roald...
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Reading Time Estimates
12h 19m
slow reader
180 WPM
8h 52m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 20m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 133,100 words📅 18 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
8 h 52 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
9 h 52 min
at 1.5x narration speed
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14 h 47 min
Audio 2x
7 h 24 min
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- 📅18 days reading 30 min/day
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