How long does it take to read The Secret Sharer?
The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad takes about 1 hour 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 12 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1967. 65 pages, about 17,875 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Secret Sharer draws on actual events and people that Conrad met or heard about during his many far-flung travels. In portraying men whose incredible journeys on land and at sea are also symbolic voyages into their own mysterious depths, these two masterful works give credence to Conrad's acclaim as a major psychological writer.
Subjects: Ship captains, Fiction, Fugitives from justice, Short Stories, Dictionaries, Chinese
