How long does it take to read Invitation to a Beheading?
Vladimir Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov takes about 4 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1938. 223 pages, about 61,325 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 44 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A surreal story about a man who has been sentenced to death by beheading for the crime of "gnostical turpitude."
Subjects: surreal, metaphysical, Death row inmates, Fiction, Slavic philology
