How long does it take to read Serious Pleasures?
the life of Stephen Tennant
Philip Hoare
Serious Pleasures by Philip Hoare takes about 8 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 29 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 463 pages, about 127,325 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Gay, Gay men, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Biography, Intellectuals
