How long does it take to read The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci?
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Jonathan D. Spence takes about 6 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 56 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 378 pages, about 103,950 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Recounts the activities in China of the late-sixteenth-century Jesuit missionary, Matteo Ricci, and examines the cultural and historical contexts of those activities.
Subjects: Missionaries, Jesuits, Biography, Missions, History, Mnemonics
