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The Stationary Ark — Gerald Durrell

The Stationary Ark

by Gerald Durrell

129 pages

About This Book

A famed zookeeper reflects on his lifelong love of animals—and his decision to build them a home—in this memoir by the author of the Corfu Trilogy. The first word Gerald Durrell could say with any clarity was "zoo." Animals were his passion. His early years in India were full of routine visits to th...

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Reading Time Estimates

3h 17m

slow reader

180 WPM

2h 22m

average reader

250 WPM

1h 41m

fast reader

350 WPM

📖 35,475 words📅 5 days at 30 min/day

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WPM

Reading time

2 h 22 min

at 250 words per minute

Audiobook (1.5x)

2 h 38 min

at 1.5x narration speed

Audio 1x

3 h 57 min

Audio 2x

1 h 58 min

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  • 📅5 days reading 30 min/day
  • 🚇5 commutes of 30 min each