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How long does it take to read The Making of the Representative for Planet 8?

Doris Lessing

The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 by Doris Lessing takes about 2 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 4 of Canopus in Argos

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About 2 hours 38 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1982. 144 pages, about 39,600 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 24 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 38 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 39 minutes

The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Planet 8, a prosperous world with intelligent, vital inhabitants, is transformed by an Ice Age, a change that causes a critical variation in lifestyle and a drastic reappraisal of the meaning and value of life.

Subjects: Science fiction, England Love stories, Psychological fiction, Tolerations, Hope, Fiction

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