How long does it take to read Noble House?
Noble House by James Clavell takes about 21 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Asian Saga
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About 21 hours 31 minutes
A long haul
First published 1981. 1,174 pages, about 322,850 words.
44 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 35 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 21 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 13 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are the days of high from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes -- fire, flood, and landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong -- the heart of Asia -- rich in every trade... money, flesh, opium, power.
Subjects: Fiction, Businesspeople, Businessmen, Americans, Trading companies, British
