How long does it take to read Smith?
Smith by Leon Garfield takes about 3 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 194 pages, about 53,350 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young pickpocket in eighteenth century London takes a document he cannot read from a man's pocket and a moment later sees the man murdered by two men who want the document.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Murder, Children and adults, Robbers and outlaws, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
