How many pages is Swan Song?

384 pages, which is about 115,000 words and 7½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Open Library lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.

Is Swan Song worth reading?

What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 384 pages and about 7½ hrs of your time, or 5 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.

How long is the Swan Song audiobook?

About 13 hrs, estimated from the 115,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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Swan Song

Name: Swan Song
Author: Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer

Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer

7½ hrsto read

—not scored

At your speed≈ 7½ hrs

Pages384

Audiobook≈ 13 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

384 pages works out to roughly 115,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 7½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

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How long does it take to read Swan Song?

Swan Song is 384 pages, or roughly 115,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Swan Song at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	11 hrs
Average	250	7½ hrs
Fast	400	5 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. 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 13 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Swan Song?: About 7½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Swan Song runs 384 pages, roughly 115,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 11 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5 hrs.
How many pages is Swan Song?: 384 pages, which is about 115,000 words and 7½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Open Library lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
Is Swan Song worth reading?: What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 384 pages and about 7½ hrs of your time, or 5 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
How long is the Swan Song audiobook?: About 13 hrs, estimated from the 115,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From Open Library

**Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles. “When asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with Diana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was like not to grow up with her…”** In September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching…

world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death. In childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies, and helped each other through the agony of their parents’ divorce. Yet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons. But, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997. In *Swan Song*, Charles Spencer provides the most intimate, loving, and honest portrait yet of his sister.

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