About This Book
This definitive paperback edition features nine illustrations and two maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a preface by Christopher Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment...
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7h 41m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 32m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 57m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 83,050 wordsπ
12 days at 30 min/day
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5 h 32 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 9 min
at 1.5x narration speed
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9 h 14 min
Audio 2x
4 h 37 min
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- π 12 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
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