How long does it take to read Rob Roy?
Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott takes about 8 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Waverley Novels
Previous: The Antiquary Next: Ivanhoe
About 8 hours 6 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1817. 442 pages, about 121,550 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 380 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A historical novel first published in 1817, this was one of the first popular novels to attempt the use of regional dialect, in this case both Scottish highland and lowland dialects with a glossary of Scottish words. The story is set immediately before the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and follows the narrator, an English merchant, to Scotland in pursuit of a debt. Here he encounters Rob Roy MacGregor, a larger-than-life character fighting for social justice for his kinsmen.
Subjects: Scottish fiction, Jacobite Rising, Fiction, Outlaws, Scottish Authors, History
