How long does it take to read Far from the Madding Crowd?
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy takes about 7 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1874. 424 pages, about 116,600 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 250 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in the fictional county of Wessex, Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Women farmers, fiction, Farm life, fiction, Social life and customs, Wessex England, fiction, Manners and customs
