How long does it take to read Flying Colours?
Flying Colours by C. S. Forester takes about 5 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1938. 278 pages, about 76,450 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 42 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Hornblower faces charges of violating the laws of war and probable execution by Napoleon's French forces.
Subjects: Fiction, Naval History, Great Britain in fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, sea stories
