How long does it take to read White-Jacket?
White-Jacket by Herman Melville takes about 7 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1850. 411 pages, about 113,025 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 80 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In the year 1843 I shipped as Ordinary seaman on board of a United States frigate, then lying in a harbour of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged from the service upon the vessel s arrival home. My man-of-war experiences and observations are incorporated in the present volume.
Subjects: Fiction, Sailors, Naval History, Flagellation, Naval discipline, Warships
