How long does it take to read Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake?
Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake by Hugh Lofting takes about 6 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Doctor Dolittle
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About 6 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1948. 366 pages, about 100,650 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dr. Dolittle revisits the ancient giant turtle Mudface (from "Doctor Dolittle's Post Office") who tells the story of the Great Flood. Per reviewers this book has a more serious tone than the other Dolittle books. Parts were published in the New York Herald Tribune in 1923, but Lofting finished the book before his death in 1947.
Subjects: FICTION, HUMOUR, STORYTELLING, Children's fiction, Animals, fiction, Fantasy fiction
