How long does it take to read The Gun?
The Gun by C. S. Forester takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1933. 191 pages, about 52,525 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A gripping story of Spanish resistance to Napoleonic France. Told by a young man who follows various charismatic and ruthless leaders as the 'wife' of a massive gun. Dramatised by the BBC. A product of a non-market-based media organisation, whose only focus is on the quality of what they produce
Subjects: Guerrillas, Spain in fiction, History, Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Spain, fiction
