How long does it take to read The Country of the Blind?
and other stories
The Country of the Blind by H. G. Wells takes about 7 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1911. 412 pages, about 113,300 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 54 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Although best known for his novels, it was in H. G. Wells's early short stories that he first explored the relationship between science and humankind. This collection brings together twenty-three of his short works. In 'The Star, ' a vast comet hurtles towards Earth while humankind looks awestruck to the skies. 'The Cone' is a story of adultery and revenge amid the blast furnaces of industrial England, while 'The Country of the Blind' tells the tale of a mountaineer who discovers a lost valley in the Andes - and a civilization chillingly different from his own. Here the fantastical meets the everyday, horror meets humour, man-eating squids invade the sleepy Devon coast, and strange kinks and portals in space and time lead to other worlds." "This collection displays H. G. Wells's fascination with the wonders, but also the perils, of scientific progress. Part of a brand-new Penguin series of his works, this edition includes newly established texts, detailed notes, a full biographical essay on Wells and an introduction by Neil Gaiman discussing the lasting influence of Wells's short fiction, and how it differs from his novels."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: English Science fiction, Text-books for foreigners, Fiction, science fiction, short stories, Study and teaching, English speakers
