How long does it take to read The Story of the Treasure Seekers?
The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit takes about 2 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Bastable
Next: The Wouldbegoods
About 2 hours 38 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1899. 144 pages, about 39,600 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 653 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The six Bastable children try to restore their family's fortune using a variety of schemes taken from books, including finding buried treasure, rescuing someone from bandits, and starting a newspaper.
Subjects: Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Imagination, Moneymaking projects in fiction, Imagination in fiction, Family life