How long does it take to read The Magus?
The Magus by John Fowles takes about 12 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1965. 656 pages, about 180,400 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 61 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A startlingly original novel about a young English graduate who takes a position as a teacher at a private school on a small Greek island. Bored and lonely he spends his free hours wandering alone until he meets a wealthy and mysterious neighbour. Soon he finds himself a victim of this man’s increasingly bizarre psychological games and obsessed with a young woman who may or may not be a willing participant in these games.
Subjects: British, English Psychological fiction, Fiction, Greece, Islands, Travel
