How long does it take to read The Island?
The Island by Anton Chekhov takes about 6 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1895. 374 pages, about 102,850 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 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Exiles, Travel, Journeys, Sakhalin (russia), Penal colonies, Description and travel
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