How long does it take to read The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia?
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson takes about 3 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1759. 203 pages, about 55,825 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 249 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This short novel is a satire on the philosophical stories popular at the time, such as Voltaire’s Candide. A young man is accompanied on his travels by an older wiser teacher, who explains various situations they encounter in terms of happiness or otherwise.
Subjects: Ethiopia, fiction, Princes, Fiction, Happiness, Manners and customs in fiction, Philosophy in fiction
