How long does it take to read A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder?
James De Mille
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille takes about 4 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1888. 255 pages, about 70,125 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 110 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Four men aboard a boat find the titular strange manuscript in a cylindar floating in the sea. It turns out to be the story of Adam More, a sailor stranded in a savage hidden country in Antarctica. In this "nation" are everything from cannibals to kings and the bizarre citizens love death and poverty as other nations love life and prosperity. Can Adam escape...?
Subjects: Canadian fiction (English), CIHM, Roman canadien-anglais, ICMH, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, History, FICTION, Fantasy
