How long does it take to read Nostromo?
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad takes about 8 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 36 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1900. 469 pages, about 128,975 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 255 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men. Conrad's deep moral consciousness and masterful narrative technique are at their best in this, one of his greatest works.
Subjects: Fiction, Revolutions, Revolutions in fiction, Sailors, Sailors in fiction, Latin America in fiction
