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The Master of Ballantrae
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Master of Ballantrae, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 319
- Reading time
- ≈ 5 h 50 min
- Checkpoints
- 9
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read The Master of Ballantrae?
At 319 pages, The Master of Ballantrae is a fairly long book. Expect about 5 hours 50 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 12 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 day12 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: 9 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 35
- Checkpoint 2, page 71
- Checkpoint 3, page 106
- Checkpoint 4, page 142
- Checkpoint 5, page 177
- Checkpoint 6, page 213
- Checkpoint 7, page 248
- Checkpoint 8, page 284
- Checkpoint 9, page 319
In Vread, The Master of Ballantrae is split into 9 checkpoints, one every 35 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 9 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
The Master of Ballantrae, Robert Louis Stevenson
What is the name of the woman who throws a stone at Mr. Henry and makes his lip bleed?
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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