How long does it take to read The Crimson Petal and the White?
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber takes about 15 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 30 minutes
A long haul
First published 2002. 845 pages, about 232,375 words.
31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Step into Victorian London and meet a host of unforgettable characters - including our heroine, Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gutter any way she can.
Subjects: Prostitutes, Perfumes industry, Fiction, Young women, History, London (england), fiction
