How long does it take to read Day Before the Revolution?
And Short Stories
Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin takes about 1 hour 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Hainish Cycle
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About 1 hour 10 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2017. 64 pages, about 17,600 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This short story focuses on the bittersweet ruminations of an old woman who began a social movement in her youth, and the culmination of her life as a public figure on the day before the Revolution begins.
Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, general
