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How long does it take to read Robinson Crusoe?

Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe takes about 5 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 3 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1686. 275 pages, about 75,625 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 24 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 3 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 9 minutes

The page count is the median across 2,420 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence

How these are chosen

Subjects: Survival, Fiction, Dans la littérature, Îles, Islands, Naufrages

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