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The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Brothers Karamazov, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 824
- Reading time
- ≈ 15 h
- Checkpoints
- 35
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read The Brothers Karamazov?
At 824 pages, The Brothers Karamazov is a doorstopper. Expect about 15 hours of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 30 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 12 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day30 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)12 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 35 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 24
- Checkpoint 2, page 47
- Checkpoint 3, page 71
- Checkpoint 4, page 94
- Checkpoint 5, page 118
- Checkpoint 6, page 141
- Checkpoint 7, page 165
- Checkpoint 8, page 188
- Checkpoint 9, page 212
- Checkpoint 10, page 235
- Checkpoint 11, page 259
- Checkpoint 12, page 283
- Checkpoint 13, page 306
- Checkpoint 14, page 330
- Checkpoint 15, page 353
- Checkpoint 16, page 377
- Checkpoint 17, page 400
- Checkpoint 18, page 424
- Checkpoint 19, page 447
- Checkpoint 20, page 471
- Checkpoint 21, page 494
- Checkpoint 22, page 518
- Checkpoint 23, page 541
- Checkpoint 24, page 565
- Checkpoint 25, page 589
- Checkpoint 26, page 612
- Checkpoint 27, page 636
- Checkpoint 28, page 659
- Checkpoint 29, page 683
- Checkpoint 30, page 706
- Checkpoint 31, page 730
- Checkpoint 32, page 753
- Checkpoint 33, page 777
- Checkpoint 34, page 800
- Checkpoint 35, page 824
In Vread, The Brothers Karamazov is split into 35 checkpoints, one every 24 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 35 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Example: the checkpoint 1 question
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
What garment is Alexey Karamazov wearing when the narrator introduces him to the reader?
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
Public-domain work. The answer, and the following questions, unlock in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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