How long does it take to read The World?
L. Dudley Stamp
The World by L. Dudley Stamp takes about 12 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 16 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1929. 669 pages, about 183,975 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Geography
