How long does it take to read Ape and Essence?
a novel.
Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley takes about 2 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 48 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1948. 153 pages, about 42,075 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Life in Los Angeles a century after the Third World War, when atomic and bacterial warfare have left the area in ruins.
Subjects: Ficção científica, English fiction
