How long does it take to read Lieutenant Hornblower?
C. S. Forester, CS Forester
Lieutenant Hornblower by C. S. Forester, CS Forester takes about 5 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Horatio Hornblower
Previous: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Next: Hornblower and the Atropos
About 5 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1920. 306 pages, about 84,150 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 55 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Hornblower Saga
Subjects: Fiction, action & adventure, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, History, Naval, Fiction, Naval History
