How long does it take to read Chance?
a tale in two parts
Chance by Joseph Conrad takes about 7 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1913. 406 pages, about 111,650 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 62 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Children of prisoners, Fathers and daughters, Ship captains' spouses, Young women, Classic
