How long does it take to read The Devil’s Novice?
The Devil’s Novice by Ellis Peters takes about 5 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 8 of The Cadfael Chronicles
Previous: The Sanctuary Sparrow Next: Dead Man's Ransom
About 5 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 276 pages, about 75,900 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A priestly envoy disappears, a skittish novice arrives and Cadfael works out what it all means.
Subjects: Fiction, Herbalists, Monks, Brother Cadfael (Fictitious character), History, Nightmares
