How long does it take to read Black Beauty?
retold in words of one syllable
Anna Sewell, Mrs. J. C. Gorham
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, Mrs. J. C. Gorham takes about 4 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1877. 231 pages, about 63,525 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 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 85 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by Anna Sewell, narrated by a horse who tells his own life story. Starting out young and carefree beside his mother, Duchess, he grows into a handsome black horse who passes from one owner to the next. Some masters are gentle and some are cruel, and his work ranges from elegant carriages to hard labour on busy London streets. Each short chapter presents a single incident carrying a lesson about treating horses with kindness and understanding, while also describing the working lives of cab drivers.
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Subjects: Black Beauty, Whitman, Publishing, Stories, Horses, Fiction
