How long does it take to read Commentaries on the Laws of England?
in four books (Book 3)
Sir William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone takes about 11 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 22 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1721. 620 pages, about 170,500 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 214 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Historical legal treatise on the common laws of England as of the mid eighteenth century.
Subjects: Treatise, Legal Treatise, Common Law, History of Law, Philosophy of Law, English Common Law
