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How long does it take to read The Elusive Eden?

a new history of California

Richard B. Rice

The Elusive Eden by Richard B. Rice takes about 11 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 11 hours 20 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1988. 618 pages, about 169,950 words.

23 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 18 hours 53 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 11 hours 20 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 7 hours 5 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: History

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