How long does it take to read Tai-Pan?
Chronological Order #2)
Tai-Pan by James Clavell takes about 12 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 9 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1966. 663 pages, about 182,325 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler-- Tai-Pan!"--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: British, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, Hong kong (china), fiction
