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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Short Classic · about 1 hr 43 min at 250 WPM
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Estimated full-book time
Traditional pace
1 hr 54 min
225 WPM
Focused RSVP
1 hr 13 min
350 WPM
Fast experiment
52 min
500 WPM
Estimates vary by reader. Choose a sustainable pace, pause often, and switch back to normal reading whenever a passage deserves more time.
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Short Classic · about 1 hr 54 min at 250 WPM
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Short Classic · about 2 hr 10 min at 250 WPM
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Short Classic · about 25 min at 250 WPM
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Short Classic · about 49 min at 250 WPM
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