How long does it take to read A Lantern in Her Hand?
Bess Streeter Aldrich
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich takes about 5 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1928. 306 pages, about 84,150 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After marrying Will Deal and moving to Nebraska, Abbie endures the difficulties of frontier life and raises her children to pursue the ambitions that were once her own.
Subjects: Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Women pioneers, Family life, Nebraska, fiction, Children's fiction
