How long does it take to read Ada?
Vladimir Nabokov, Bruno Oddera, Karen Mathiasen, Søren Hansen
Ada by Vladimir Nabokov, Bruno Oddera, Karen Mathiasen, Søren Hansen takes about 10 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1969. 589 pages, about 161,975 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 54 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Two young children engage in an inocent tryst only to later discover a wonderful and terrible secret about themselves. "The arbors and ardors of Ardis."
Subjects: Russian fiction, Incest, Brothers and sisters, Symbolism, Teachers, Upper class families
