How long does it take to read The Egoist?
The Egoist by George Meredith takes about 9 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 35 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1879. 523 pages, about 143,825 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours |
The page count is the median across 87 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Presents the text of George Meredith's classic satirical novel along with critical essays by Robert Mayo, Virginia Woolf, and others, textual notes, and background essays by the author.
Subjects: Courtship, Drama, Egoism, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, England, fiction