The Alexandria Quartet books in order
The Alexandria Quartet is a series of 4 books by Lawrence Durrell: 1,114 pages, about 20 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.
- 4
- books
- 1,114
- pages
- 20 hours
- to read them all
- 41 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
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Justine 1957 4.7 h
Story of the modern Egyptian city of Alexandria, in which an Irish schoolmaster, a passionate, tormented Jewess, a Greek cabaret dancer, and a Coptic financier play out their…
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Balthazar 1958 4.6 h
The second instalment of the Alexandria Quartet, begins with the narrator from Justine living on a Greek island with the illegitimate daughter of his former lover, Melissa.
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Mountolive 1958 5.9 h
The characters are given a very differrent perspective.
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Clea 1960 5.3 h
The fourth and culminating novel in the Alexandria Quartet.
How much is left
| After Justine | about 16 hours left |
| After Balthazar | about 11 hours left |
| After Mountolive | about 5 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 20 hours 25 minutes
All 4 books, 1,114 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
41 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.