How long does it take to read A Month in the Country?
J. L. Carr
A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr takes about 2 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 2 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1980. 111 pages, about 30,525 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
According to blogger/reviewer Moira Redmond, "This is famously a book where nothing happens." Birkin, a young war veteran arrives at a small country church to restore a recently-discovered 14th century wall painting. He suffers from shell-shock from his time in the trenches of WWI, and this had caused him to reject some societal norms and be regarded with suspicion by the conventional. The experience for Birkin is one of regret and of healing, as he makes friends in the village and completes his task. He departs, with sorrow but also a measure of confidence that he can now go on with his life.
Subjects: Fiction, Art restorers, Mural painting and decoration, Medieval, Conservation and restoration, Villages, Veterans
