How long does it take to read The Book of Snobs?
The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray takes about 4 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1848. 237 pages, about 65,175 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Thackeray contributed regularly to Fraser's Magazine, Morning Chronicle, New Monthly Magazine and The Times. His writings attracted first attention in Punch, where he satirized English snobbery. These sketches reappeared in 1848 as The Book of Snobs, stating in it that "he who meanly admires mean things is a Snob."
Subjects: Snobs and snobbishness, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, Humor, Fiction, Description and travel
