How long does it take to read Rites of Passages?
William Golding, Annie Proulx, Fernando Santos Fontenla
Rites of Passages by William Golding, Annie Proulx, Fernando Santos Fontenla takes about 5 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of To the Ends of the Earth
Next: Close Quarters
About 5 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1980. 278 pages, about 76,450 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
During the early 18th century, passengers on a ship to Australia include a parson whom the crew choses as a scapegoat.
Subjects: Immigrants, Ocean travel, Fiction, Man Booker Prize Winner, Emigration and immigration, History
