How long does it take to read A Reader's Companion to The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings?
Joseph Mathewson, Isaac Asimov, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, Edmund Wilson, Janet Adam Smith, Julie Phillips, Philip Norman, Ursula K. Le Guin
A Reader's Companion to The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings by Joseph Mathewson, Isaac Asimov, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, Edmund Wilson, Janet Adam Smith, Julie Phillips, Philip Norman, Ursula K. Le Guin takes about 2 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 10 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1995. 118 pages, about 32,450 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The hobbit habit / Joseph Mathewson The ring of evil / Isaac Asimov The gods return to earth / C.S. Lewis The dethronement of power / C.S. Lewis The hero is a hobbit / W.H. Auden At the end of the quest, victory / W.H. Auden Oo, those awful orcs! / Edmund Wilson Does Frodo live? / Janet Adam Smith Hobbit redux / Julie Phillips The prevalence of hobbits / Philip Norman The saga of Middle Earth / The Times Literary Supplement The staring eye / Ursula K. LeGuin.
Subjects: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
