How long does it take to read An Arabian Tale?
from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory.
William Beckford, Samuel Henley, Richard Garnett, Franz Blei, John Beckford, Giaime Giaime Pintor
An Arabian Tale by William Beckford, Samuel Henley, Richard Garnett, Franz Blei, John Beckford, Giaime Giaime Pintor takes about 2 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 1 minute
An evening's read
First published 1786. 110 pages, about 30,250 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 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 333 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to reading audiences of the time.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Description and travel, Fiction, Inheritance and succession, Civilization
