How long does it take to read The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor?
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 21 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1970. 128 pages, about 35,200 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 57 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On t.p.: . . . who drifted on a life raft for ten days without food or water, was proclaimed a national hero, kissed by beauty queens, made rich through publicity, and then spurned by the government and forgotten for all time.
Subjects: Biography, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Caldas (Ship), Shipwreck victims, Shipwreck survival
