How long does it take to read The Ebb-tide?
a trio and quartette
Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Robert Stevenson
The Ebb-tide by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Robert Stevenson takes about 3 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1893. 200 pages, about 55,000 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 88 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For a full account of this important binding see page 4, American Decorated Publishers' Bindings 1872-1929 Richard Minsky 2006
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, Schooners, Tides, Fiction, historical, general, Pacific area, fiction
