How long does it take to read King Solomon's Mines?
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1876. 222 pages, about 61,050 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1,105 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this Victorian adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard, a hunter named Allan Quatermain, based in Durban, is asked by a nobleman, Sir Henry Curtis, and a companion, Captain Good, to help find Sir Henry's missing brother. The brother has vanished while heading north into unmapped African territory, hunting for a legendary mine of treasure. Quatermain owns a map that supposedly marks the route, though he has never trusted it. He agrees to guide the party for a share of any riches, and a mysterious native named Umbopa joins them on the journey.
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Subjects: Children's fiction, Mines and mineral resources, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Africa -- Fiction, Missing persons -- Fiction
