How long does it take to read Peter Duck?
Peter Duck by Arthur Ransome takes about 7 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Swallows and Amazons series
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About 7 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1800. 432 pages, about 118,800 words. Written for children.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Peter Duck is the third book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. The Swallows and Amazons sail to Crab Island with Captain Flint and Peter Duck, an old sailor, to recover buried treasure. During the voyage the Wildcat (Captain Flint's ship) is chased by another vessel, the Viper, whose piratical crew are also intending to recover the treasure. The book, first published in 1932, is considered to be one of the metafictional books in the series, along with Missee Lee. It is a story withing the stories of The Swallows and Amazons. Most of the book was written in Aleppo where Ransome was staying with the Altounyans.
Subjects: Brothers and Sisters, Sailing, Storytelling, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Children's fiction, Voyages and travels
