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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 254
- Reading time
- ≈ 4 h 40 min
- Checkpoints
- 10
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read The Picture of Dorian Gray?
At 254 pages, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a medium-length book. Expect about 4 hours 40 minutes 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 10 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 4 reading days. For a book of this length (250 to 399 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 4.7 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day10 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)4 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 10 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 25
- Checkpoint 2, page 51
- Checkpoint 3, page 76
- Checkpoint 4, page 102
- Checkpoint 5, page 127
- Checkpoint 6, page 152
- Checkpoint 7, page 178
- Checkpoint 8, page 203
- Checkpoint 9, page 229
- Checkpoint 10, page 254
In Vread, The Picture of Dorian Gray is split into 10 checkpoints, one every 25 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 10 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 Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
What is the name of the poetry collection published by John Gray in 1893, famous for its binding signed by Ricketts and Shannon?
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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