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Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Robinson Crusoe, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 300
- Reading time
- ≈ 5 h 30 min
- Checkpoints
- 12
- Genre
- Classic
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read Robinson Crusoe?
At 300 pages, Robinson Crusoe is a fairly long book. Expect about 5 hours 30 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 11 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 5 reading days. For a book of this length (250 to 399 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 4.7 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day11 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)5 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 12 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 25
- Checkpoint 2, page 50
- Checkpoint 3, page 75
- Checkpoint 4, page 100
- Checkpoint 5, page 125
- Checkpoint 6, page 150
- Checkpoint 7, page 175
- Checkpoint 8, page 200
- Checkpoint 9, page 225
- Checkpoint 10, page 250
- Checkpoint 11, page 275
- Checkpoint 12, page 300
In Vread, Robinson Crusoe is split into 12 checkpoints, one every 25 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 12 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Example: the checkpoint 1 question
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
To which biblical figure does the ship master compare Robinson Crusoe when warning him never to go to sea again?
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
Public-domain work. The answer, and the following questions, unlock in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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Read Robinson Crusoe with Vread
Add the book to your library, read at your own pace in whatever format you use, and validate each checkpoint. Vread is free on iPhone and Android.
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