How long does it take to read Vanity Fair?
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray takes about 12 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 49 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1800. 699 pages, about 192,225 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 200 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.
Subjects: Social life and customs, fiction, Women, fiction, Married women, fiction, Female friendship, fiction, British, Social classes, fiction
