How long does it take to read Felicity?
Felicity by Mary Oliver takes about 1 hour 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 29 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2016. 81 pages, about 22,275 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Felicity is a beautiful book of poems about love and the natural world arranged in three sections: The Journey, Love, and Felicity. Each section begins with a quote from Rumi. The book is a thought provoking and surprising read. The poems are: The Journey Don’t Worry Walking to Indian River Roses Moments The World I Live In Do the Trees Speak? I Am Pleased to Tell You Leaves and Blossoms Along the Way I Wake Close to Morning Meadowlark The Wildest Storm Cobb Creek Nothing Is Too Small Not to Be Wondered About Whistling Swans Storage Humility For Tom Shaw S.S.J.E. That Tall Distance This Morning Love When Did It Happen? The First Day I Know Someone No, I’d Never Been to This Country I Did Think, Let’s Go About This Slowly This and That How Do I Love You? That Little Beast What This Is Not Everything That Was Broken Except for the Body Not Anyone Who Says The Pond Late Spring A House, or a Million Dollars I Don’t Want to Lose I Have Just Said The Gift Felicity A Voice from I Don’t Know Where
Subjects: Love poetry, poetry, poems, poem, American poetry, American writers
