How long does it take to read The Story of the Amulet?
The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit takes about 3 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Psammead
Previous: The Phoenix and the Carpet
About 3 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1905. 204 pages, about 56,100 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 578 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Robert, Anthea, Cyril and Jane are left in London with their old Nurse, who runs a boarding house, while their father reports on a war overseas and their mother recovers from illness abroad with the baby brother, the Lamb. In a shop near the British Museum, the children find the Psammead, a magical creature trapped and unable to help itself, and they buy its freedom. At its urging, they acquire half of an ancient Egyptian amulet. Though it cannot grant their wish for their family's return alone, it opens passages through time in search of its missing half.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Roman pour la jeunesse, Litterature fantastique, Fiction, Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction, Child and youth fiction
