How long does it take to read Larklight?
Larklight by Philip Reeve takes about 7 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Larklight trilogy
Next: Starcross
About 7 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 408 pages, about 112,200 words. Written for children.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
*Or, The revenge of the white spiders!, or, To Saturn's rings and back! A rousing tale of dauntless pluck in the farthest reaches of space.* Eleven-year-old Arthur Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, traveling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the moon. One morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman, Mr. Webster, is on his way to visit. Visitors to Larklight are rare, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they discover when their guest arrives, and a Dreadful and Terrifying (and Marvellous) adventure begins. It takes them to the furthest reaches of Known Space, where they must battle the evil First Ones in a desperate attempt to save each other, and the Universe. Recounted through the eyes of Art himself, Larklight is sumptuously designed and illustrated throughout.
Subjects: Science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Brothers and sisters, Fiction, Spiders, Life on other planets
