How long does it take to read Basil?
Basil by Wilkie Collins takes about 5 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1852. 310 pages, about 85,250 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 417 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Fathers and sons, Young men, Revenge, Inheritance and succession, Psychology
