About This Book
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout.
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Reading Time Estimates
8h 24m
slow reader
180 WPM
6h 3m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 19m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 90,750 wordsπ
13 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
6 h 3 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 43 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
10 h 5 min
Audio 2x
5 h 3 min
That's about:
- π 13 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π13 commutesΒ of 30 min each