How long does it take to read Eyeless in Gaza?
a novel
Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley takes about 11 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 21 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1930. 619 pages, about 170,225 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 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 42 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The novel focuses on the life of socialite Anthony Beavis, but it does so by employing a non-chronological structure. It juxtaposes four periods of Beavis' life, from the time that he is a young boy in the 1890s up until 1936. The novel describes Beavis as he goes through school, college and various romantic affairs, while probing the meaningfulness of upper class life during the same period. The novel depicts Beavis' own gradual disillusionment with high society, brought to a head by the suicide of his friend. At this point, he begins to search for some source of meaning in his life, which seems to be provided when he discovers pacifism and then mysticism.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Self-acceptance, Fiction, English fiction, NOVELAS INGLESAS, Disappointment
