How long does it take to read Moominpappa at Sea?
Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 8 of Moomins
Previous: Tales from Moominvalley Next: Moominvalley in November
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 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 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Feeling his family's life is too safe and fixed, Moominpappa moves them to a lighthouse on an island to lead a life full of troubles, and indeed they find many mysteries in that lonely place.
Subjects: Fiction, Lighthouses, Islands, Juvenile fiction, Fantasy, Islands -- Fiction
