How long does it take to read The Antiquary?
The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott takes about 8 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Waverley Novels
Previous: Guy Mannering Next: Rob Roy
About 8 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1816. 438 pages, about 120,450 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 107 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The third of Sir Walter Scott's acclaimed Waverley Novels, a series that included Rob Roy and Ivanhoe, The Antiquary is set in Scotland in the last years of the eighteenth century and centers around Jonathan Oldbuck, the antiquary, the closest to a self-portrait of any of Scott's characters."--BOOK JACKET. "The passionate lover, a familiar character to readers of Sir Walter Scott, is here represented by Lovell, who relentlessly pursues the woman he hopes to marry. The antiquary is a constant commentator on the characters and their actions, always at hand to provide his opinionated version of the story."--BOOK JACKET. "While the reader may be swept up in the exciting plot, The Antiquary is a book that is not to be hurried; it has come to be appreciated for its rich description of a bygone age. This fine new edition of the book, restoring the original version drawn directly from Scott's manuscript, is accompanied by a critical essay, as well as annotations and a comprehensive glossary by a prominent scholar in the field."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Fiction, Antiquarians, Fathers and daughters, Beggars, Social life and customs, Scotland, fiction
