How long does it take to read Oscar and Lucinda?
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey takes about 9 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 30 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1988. 518 pages, about 142,450 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A rebellious Anglican priest and a teenaged heiress who buys a glass factory in Australia pursue an unlikely romance.
Subjects: Fiction, Glass manufacture, Clergy, Young women, Gamblers, History
