How long does it take to read Arrowsmith?
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis takes about 8 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 28 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1924. 462 pages, about 127,050 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 150 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Originally published in 1925, after three years of anticipation, the book follows the life of Martin Arrowsmith, a rather ordinary fellow who gets his first taste of medicine at 14 as an assistant to the drunken physician in his home town. It is Leora Tozer who makes Martin's life extraordinary. With vitality and love, she urges him beyond the confines of the mundane to risk answering his true calling as a scientist and researcher. Not even her tragic death can extinguish her spirit or her impact on Martin's life. After years of work as a small town doctor and a research scientist, Arrowsmith heads for the West Indies with a serum to halt an epidemic. A tragic turn of events forces him to come to terms with his career and his personal life. As the son and grandson of physicians, Sinclair Lewis had a store of experiences and imparted knowledge to draw upon for Arrowsmith.
Subjects: Physicians, Practice, Satire, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Fiction, Scientists
