How long does it take to read The Nonexistent Knight & The Cloven Viscount?
two short novels
The Nonexistent Knight & The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino takes about 4 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1962. 246 pages, about 67,650 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Recounts the chivalrous exploits of an empty suit of armor and the separate halves of a nobleman who has been bisected by a cannon ball.
Subjects: Fiction, American Authors
