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On Chesil Beach — Ian McEwan

On Chesil Beach

by Ian McEwan

180 pages

About This Book

"It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come..." - Back cover.

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Reading Time Estimates

4h 35m

slow reader

180 WPM

3h 18m

average reader

250 WPM

2h 21m

fast reader

350 WPM

📖 49,500 words📅 7 days at 30 min/day

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WPM

Reading time

3 h 18 min

at 250 words per minute

Audiobook (1.5x)

3 h 40 min

at 1.5x narration speed

Audio 1x

5 h 30 min

Audio 2x

2 h 45 min

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