How long does it take to read Daphnis and Chloe?
Longus, Otto Schönberger
Daphnis and Chloe by Longus, Otto Schönberger takes about 3 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1717. 195 pages, about 53,625 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 119 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Longus's Daphnis and Chloe (second or early third century CE), in which an idealized pastoral environment provides the setting as a boy and girl discover their sexuality, is one of the great works of world literature. Xenophon's Anthia and Habrocomes (first century CE) is perhaps the earliest extant novel.
Subjects: Character sketches, Daphnis (Greek mythology), Fiction, Greek Romance fiction, Fiction, romance, fantasy, Fiction, historical
