How long does it take to read The History of Tom Jones?
The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding takes about 11 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 37 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1749. 634 pages, about 174,350 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 435 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The foundling Tom Jones is found on the property of a benevolent, wealthy landowner. Tom grows up to be a vigorous, kind-hearted young man, whose love of his neighbor's well-born daughter brings class friction to the fore. The presence of prostitution and promiscuity in Tom Jones caused a sensation at the time it was published, as such themes were uncommon. It is divided into 18 shorter books, and is considered one of the first English-language novels.
Subjects: Fiction, Foundlings, Young men, Identity (Psychology), Social life and customs, NOVELAS INGLESAS
