The average reader reads at a speed of 250 words per minute (wpm). Paradise Lost by John Milton has 82 230 words, so the average reader would take 5 hours 29 minutes to read the whole book. How long would it take you to read Paradise Lost? Read a paragraph from Paradise Lost below to find out!
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