How long does it take to read Riders in the Chariot?
Riders in the Chariot by Patrick White takes about 9 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 45 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1961. 532 pages, about 146,300 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A half-mad spinster, an aboriginal painter, a washerwoman, and a Jewish refugee--all vision seekers--struggle with the evil around them. Australian setting.
Subjects: Laundresses in fiction, Holocaust survivors in fiction, Suburban life in fiction, Single women, Artists in fiction, Holocaust survivors
