How long does it take to read Aunt Jo's Scrap-bag?
Aunt Jo's Scrap-bag by Louisa May Alcott takes about 4 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1871. 229 pages, about 62,975 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 81 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Preface As grandmothers rummage their piece-bags and bundles in search of gay odds and ends to make gifts with which to fill the little stockings that hand all in a row on Christmas Eve, so I have gathers together some stories, old and new, to amuse the large family that has to rapidly and beautifully grown up about me. I hope that when they pomenade in nightcaps and gowns to rifle the plump stockings, the little dears will utten an 'Oh!' of pleasure, and give a prance of satisfaction, as they pull out this small gift from Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag. Christmas Holidays, 1871-72
Subjects: Children's stories, American, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Conduct of life, Voyages and travels, Pets
