How long does it take to read The English Novel?
Walter Allen
The English Novel by Walter Allen takes about 8 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1954. 454 pages, about 124,850 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History and criticism, English fiction, Roman anglais, English fiction, history and criticism
