How long does it take to read Between the Woods and the Water?
On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland - The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates
Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor takes about 4 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 259 pages, about 71,225 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Description and travel, Travel, Danube river and valley, Europe, description and travel, Europe, eastern, history, Europe, eastern, description and travel