How long does it take to read Across the River and Into the Trees?
Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway takes about 5 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1950. 308 pages, about 84,700 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess.
Subjects: Italy, Illness in Fiction, Roman, Americans, Fiction, Italy, fiction
