How long does it take to read The Great Gatsby?

The average reader reads at a speed of 250 words per minute (wpm). The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald has 48 173 words, so the average reader would take 3 hours 13 minutes to read the whole book. How long would it take you to read The Great Gatsby? Read a paragraph from The Great Gatsby below to find out!

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The text to read will appear here after clicking "Start reading". Once you're done reading, click the same button again and we'll calculate your words per minute and how long it would take for you to read The Great Gatsby!

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250
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3 hours 13 minutes


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