How long does it take to read No Name?
No Name by Wilkie Collins takes about 10 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 11 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1862. 555 pages, about 152,625 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 236 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
No Name is a 19th-century novel by the master of sensation fiction, Wilkie Collins. A country gentleman is killed in an accident and his wife dies shortly after him. The blow is double for their daughters, who discover that they were born before their parents were married. Their sudden illegitimacy robs them of their inheritance and their accustomed place in society.
Subjects: Fiction, Orphans, Disinheritance, Illegitimacy, Sisters, Young women