How long does it take to read Ealdwood?
Ealdwood by C. J. Cherryh takes about 5 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Ealdwood Stories
Next: The Dreamstone
About 5 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 285 pages, about 78,375 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The days of magic were dying, the era of Man had dawned. Yet in one small place the Faery power prevailed, in one quiet wood its bright force shone still. For the forest of Ealdwood wove a time different from elsewhere, and amongst its glades and thickets dwelt one with more patience, more pride and more love of the earth than any other being in that troubled world. In the depths of Ealdwood dwelt Arafel, last queen of the Daoine Sidhe...
Subjects: Faery, Fantasy, Magic
