How long does it take to read Ripley Under Water?
Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith takes about 5 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Tom Ripley series
Previous: The Boy Who Followed Ripley
About 5 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 313 pages, about 86,075 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tom Ripley passes his leisured days at his French country estate tending the dahlias, practicing the harpsichord, and enjoying the company of his lovely wife, Heloise. Never mind the bloodstains on the basement floor. But some new neighbors have moved to Villeperce: the Pritchards, just arrived from America. They are a ghastly pair, with vulgar manners and even more vulgar taste. Most inconvenient, though, is their curiosity. Ripley does, after all, have a few things to hide. When menacing coincidences begin to occur, a spiraling contest of sinister hints and mutual terrorism ensues, resulting in one of Patricia Highsmith's most elegantly harrowing novels to date.
Subjects: Art forgers, Criminals, Fiction, Psychopaths, Serial murderers, Tom Ripley (Fictitious character)
