How long does it take to read Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life; and Particularly Shewing the Distresses That May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage ..?
Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life; and Particularly Shewing the Distresses That May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage .. by Samuel Richardson takes about 5 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1748. 316 pages, about 86,900 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 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 123 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Lovelace's love for Clarissa and the young woman's attitudes toward marriage are revealed through the series of letters comprising this eighteenth-century classic.
Subjects: Fiction, Crimes against, Young women in fiction, Young women, Rape victims in fiction, Rape victims
