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How long does it take to read The Chain of Chance?

Stanislaw Lem

The Chain of Chance by Stanislaw Lem takes about 3 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 17 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1976. 179 pages, about 49,225 words.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 28 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 3 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A former astronaut turned private detective is dispatched to Naples to discover the pattern in a mysterious series of deaths and disappearances occurring at a seaside spa.

Subjects: Fiction, general, Polish Science fiction, Polish Detective and mystery stories, Polish fiction

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