How long does it take to read The African Queen?
The African Queen by C. S. Forester takes about 3 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1935. 198 pages, about 54,450 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 69 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
English missionary's sister enlists aid of mechanic in blowing up German gunboat on African lake.
Subjects: Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Women missionaries, Fiction, general, Africa, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction
