How long does it take to read Five Go Down to the Sea?
Five Go Down to the Sea by Enid Blyton takes about 3 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 12 of The Famous Five
Previous: Five Have a Wonderful Time Next: Five Go to Mystery Moor
About 3 hours 47 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1953. 206 pages, about 56,650 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Who would deliberately lure somebody on to treacherous rocks on the Cornish coast? Somebody is flashing lights from the old tower on stormy nights -- and the Famous Five sense danger. But can they solve this mystery safely?
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Fiction, Famous Five (Fictitious characters), Juvenile fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Adventure stories