How long does it take to read The Man Who Was Thursday?
A Nightmare
The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton takes about 2 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 58 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1908. 162 pages, about 44,550 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 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1,105 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Can you trust yourself when you don't know who you are? In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. When Syme discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, however, he starts to question his role in their operations. And as a desperate chase across Europe begins, his confusion grows, as well as his confidence in his ability to outwit his enemies. But he has still to face the greatest terror that the Council has: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined...
Subjects: Anarchists, Novela de misterio, Police, Libros en letra grande, Fiction, Novela fantástica
