How long does it take to read The Fires of Vesuvius?
The Fires of Vesuvius by Mary Beard takes about 6 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 36 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2008. 360 pages, about 99,000 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 |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Religious life and customs, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Alltag, Ro merzeit, Römerzeit
