How long does it take to read Evangeline?
A Tale of Acadie
Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow takes about 2 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 1 minute
An evening's read
First published 1847. 110 pages, about 30,250 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 177 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An epic poem set during the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadie, following the fictional Evangeline and her search for her lost love, Gabriel.
Subjects: Acadians, Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Hexameter, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation
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