How long does it take to read Lives of the Necromancers?
or, An account of the most eminent persons in successive ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the exercise of magical power.
Lives of the Necromancers by William Godwin takes about 5 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1834. 282 pages, about 77,550 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History, Magic, Witchcraft, Biography, Magicians, Witches
