How long does it take to read The Fair Maid of Perth?
or St. Valentine's Day
The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott takes about 8 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 22 of Waverley Novels
Previous: The Talisman
About 8 hours 34 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1800. 467 pages, about 128,425 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 43 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Merchants, Social classes, Nobility
