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How long does it take to read The Last Jew?

Noah Gordon

The Last Jew by Noah Gordon takes about 8 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 12 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1999. 447 pages, about 122,925 words.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 40 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 12 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 7 minutes

The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

After witnessing the murder of his father and brother, Yonah Toledano vows to honor the memory of his family by remaining Jewish, even though the Spanish government has vowed to exile all Jews. El joven Yonah Toledano se ve forzado a abondonar su hogar natal en búsqueda de un nuevo lugar en el que poder establecerse sin tener que renunciar a sus creencias. La novela sigue su vida desde sus días de pobreza y soledad hasta sus últimos años como reputado médico.

Subjects: Inquisition, Jews, Persecutions, Healers, Fiction, Historical fiction

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