How long does it take to read The Lonely Londoners?
The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon takes about 2 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 32 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1956. 138 pages, about 37,950 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Vignettes from the lives of Caribbean Commonwealth citizens who've moved to London.
Subjects: Fiction, Immigrants, West Indians, Social conditions, London (england), fiction, Fiction, general
