How long does it take to read Despair?
Despair by Vladimir Nabokov takes about 3 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1936. 217 pages, about 59,675 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sardonic story of a man who undertakes the perfect crime - his own murder.
Subjects: Russian fiction, Murder, Fiction
