How long does it take to read The Far Side of the World?
The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian takes about 6 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 10 of Aubrey-Maturin series
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About 6 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 368 pages, about 101,200 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, historical, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Sea stories, Fiction, historical, general, Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character)
