How long does it take to read The Coral Island?
a tale of the Pacific Ocean
R. M. Ballantyne, Ralph Crane, George Dalziel, Edward Dalziel
The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne, Ralph Crane, George Dalziel, Edward Dalziel takes about 4 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1858. 255 pages, about 70,125 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 473 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A nineteenth century adventure story of three teenaged boys shipwrecked on a Pacific island. At first they lead an idyllic life but this is soon interrupted by the arrival on the island of rival Polynesian war parties and then pirates. After various adventures the boys find themselves in possession of the pirate’s ship and can sail for home.
Subjects: Fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Shipwrecks, Juvenile fiction, Survival, Islands
