How long does it take to read Clarissa Oakes?
The Truelove)
Clarissa Oakes by Patrick O'Brian takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 15 of Aubrey-Maturin series
Previous: The Nutmeg of Consolation Next: The Wine-Dark Sea
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this book the characters of Clarrisa Oakes, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin emerge more complex, sophisticated and wholly mature beings than ever before as they reflect on the past and try to divine the future - supported by the author's sense of human possibility.
Subjects: Ship captains, History, Naval, Ship physicians, Fiction, Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character), Naval History
