How long does it take to read The Lonely Sea?
The Lonely Sea by Alistair MacLean takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 222 pages, about 61,050 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched his writing career, the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck, and two new stories collected here for the first time.
Subjects: English Sea stories, Fiction, Thriller, Fiction, sea stories, Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)
