How long does it take to read Dolphin Island?
a story of the people of the sea
Dolphin Island by Arthur C. Clarke takes about 2 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 54 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1963. 158 pages, about 43,450 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A seventeen-year-old boy becomes involved in communication experiments with dolphins off the Great Barrier Reef.
Subjects: Fiction, Dolphins, Children's stories, Fiction, science fiction, general, Australia, fiction
