How long does it take to read The Long Song?
The Long Song by Andrea Levy takes about 5 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2010. 313 pages, about 86,075 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed.
Subjects: Fiction, Slavery, History, Fiction, historical, Slaves, fiction, Jamaica, fiction
