How long does it take to read That Hideous Strength?
a modern fairy-tale for grown-ups
That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis takes about 7 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of The Space Trilogy
Previous: Perelandra
About 7 hours
A weekend read
First published 1945. 382 pages, about 105,050 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 49 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: English Fantasy fiction, Linguists, Elwin Ransom (Fictitious character), Philologists, College teachers, Life on other planets
