How long does it take to read The Fortress of the Pearl?
The Fortress of the Pearl by Michael Moorcock takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 240 pages, about 66,000 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Elric: The Fortress of the Pearl is the second volume of the definitive collection of Elric stories by Michael Moorcock published in narrative chronological order by Gollancz as part of The Michael Moorcock Collection. It is edited by John Davey. It is preceded by Elric of Melniboné and Other Stories and followed by Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate.
Subjects: Fiction, English Fantasy fiction, Swordsmen, Albinos and albinism, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Melnibone (imaginary place), fiction
