How long does it take to read Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft?
addressed to J.G. Lockhart, esq.
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1830. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Published in 1830, Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft is Sir Walter Scott's examination of witchcraft and the supernatural. It consists of ten letters written to his son-in-law, a device that lets the author keep an informal, wandering tone. Scott surveys changing attitudes toward demons and witches from Biblical times to his own century, supporting the survey with many individual anecdotes. He also covers ghosts, fairies, elves, brownies, second sight and Germanic mythology. He argues that such beliefs grow out of ignorance and prejudice, and he notes that prosecutions often targeted heretics and political enemies.
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Subjects: Witchcraft, Demonology, History
