How long does it take to read Captivity and Restoration?
Mary White Rowlandson, Joseph Rowlandson, Larvae Editions, Timothy Harrington, Caroline D. Grimm, Henry S. Nourse, John Eliot Thayer, John Williams, Henry S. (Henry Stedman) 183 Nourse, John Eliot 1862-1933 Edt Thayer
Captivity and Restoration by Mary White Rowlandson, Joseph Rowlandson, Larvae Editions, Timothy Harrington, Caroline D. Grimm, Henry S. Nourse, John Eliot Thayer, John Williams, Henry S. (Henry Stedman) 183 Nourse, John Eliot 1862-1933 Edt Thayer takes about 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 57 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1682. 52 pages, about 14,300 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 250 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In February 1676, during King Philip's War, the frontier village of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was attacked by a party of Nipmuck Indians and completely destroyed. As relief from Concord approached, the attackers withdrew, taking with them 24 captives, including Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and her three children. For almost three months the little family was forced to live with their captors and endure exposure to a New England winter.The youngest child, who had been injured during the attack, failed to survive. Eventually ransom was paid and the family released. Mrs. Rowlandson's account of her experience was published in 1682. It became a"best-seller" of its day and created a new literary genre, the captivity narrative. Such accounts were in part responsible for the mistrust and hatred of the Indians that plagued the country for centuries. It is also the first publication in English by a woman in the New World.
Subjects: Massachusetts, biography, Lancaster (mass.), Indian captivities, Criticism and interpretation, History, Narragansett Indians
