Persuasion
At your speed≈ 5½ hrs
Pages289
Audiobook≈ 9½ hrs
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
The complete text runs to 83,400 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5½ hrs — a weekend's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.06 out of 5, from 737 ratings.
Worth-it score 7.1/10 — Worth the time. Readers 7.1 (Hardcover's 4.06★ from 737 ratings) + length 0.0 = 7.1. How the score works →
How long does it take to read Persuasion?
The complete text of Persuasion runs to 83,400 words — about 289 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 8 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 5½ hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 3½ hrs |
Counted word for word from the complete public-domain text on Project Gutenberg, so these times don't depend on any one edition's page count. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 9½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Persuasion?
- About 5½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of Persuasion runs to 83,400 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 8 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3½ hrs.
- How many pages is Persuasion?
- About 289 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 83,400 words, about 5½ hrs of reading at an average pace.
- Is Persuasion worth reading?
- We score it 7.1 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.06 out of 5 from 737 ratings, which counts for 7.1; at about 5½ hrs at an average pace its length neither adds nor takes away.
- How long is the Persuasion audiobook?
- About 9½ hrs, estimated from the 83,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From the publisher
Persuasion tells the love story of Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth, whose sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, after the Napoleonic Wars come to an end. The story is set in 1814. The book itself is Jane Austen's last published book, published posthumously in December of 1818.
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