How long does it take to read Mountolive?
Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Alexandria Quartet
About 5 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1958. 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 64 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The characters are given a very differrent perspective. The intrigues and complex relationships are seen through the political prism of a world plunging towards a second world war. Mountolive returns to Egypy as the British ambassador.
Subjects: Fiction, Diplomats, Alexandria Quartet, NOVELA, English fiction, Egypt, fiction
