How long does it take to read Octopussy and the Living Daylights?
Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming takes about 1 hour 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 47 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1966. 97 pages, about 26,675 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Octopussy: the darling, was a bit surly. The tentacle she lashed around Major Smythe's arm that morning was none to gentle. So when Smythe found himself the sudden quarry of James Bond at cocktail time, the Major had a brilliant, if rather gruesome, inspiration... The Living Daylights: are about to blasted out of a living target on a crowded Berlin street. Crouched behind a .308 International Experimental Target rifle, James Bond sights his victim, makes a split-second decision, and gently squeezes the trigger... The Property of a Lady: a valuable objet d'art, is about to be auctioned at Sotheby's. At the start of the bargaining, the room becomes electric with danger and terror, and nobody but James Bond knows why...
Subjects: Spy stories, Anthology, Thriller, Short stories, Espionage
