How long does it take to read A Ship of the Line?
A Ship of the Line by C. S. Forester takes about 5 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Horatio Hornblower
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About 5 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1920. 323 pages, about 88,825 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Captain Hornblower and HMS Sutherland join forces blockading the Spanish coast in the Napoleonic conflict. In a battle with the French, the Sutherland is severely damaged, and Hornblower is taken captive.
Subjects: History, Naval, Fiction, Naval History, Fiction, historical, English Sea stories, Historical fiction
