How long does it take to read Figures of Earth?
Figures of Earth by James Branch Cabell takes about 4 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Biography of the Life of Manuel
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About 4 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1921. 243 pages, about 66,825 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 92 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The story of Manuel, a swineherd in thirteenth-century France, who becomes Count Manuel of Poictesme. The motto on his coat of arms is "Mundus Vult Decipi"--The world wishes to be deceived. It is in playing on others' expectations that he rises to hero status and becomes Manuel the Redeemer.
Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, general, Poictesme (imaginary place), fiction, Wit and humor, Humor, general, Heroes, Fiction
