How long does it take to read The Rape of Shavi?
The Rape of Shavi by Buchi Emecheta takes about 3 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 178 pages, about 48,950 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Nigeria, fiction, Fiction, general
