How long does it take to read Cranford?
Cranford by Mrs. Gaskell takes about 4 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1853. 246 pages, about 67,650 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 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 473 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Cranford is an episodic novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, told by Mary Smith, a younger woman from Manchester who visits the country town only now and then. Cranford is home to a circle of widows and elderly unmarried women who hide their genteel poverty behind what they call elegant economy. They follow strict rules of visiting, guided by those best connected by birth or marriage. The book strings together sketches of these women and their customs, set in a town that clings to old ideas of rank while the industrial world changes beyond its boundaries.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Fiction, Older women, Villages, Sisters, Female friendship, Country life
