How long does it take to read Gone With the Wind?
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell takes about 17 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 21 minutes
A long haul
First published 1936. 946 pages, about 260,150 words.
35 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 28 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 362 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century. It is one of the most popular books ever written: more than 28 million copies of the book have been sold in more than 37 countries. Today, more than 60 years after its initial publication, its achievements are unparalleled, and it remains the most revered American saga and the most beloved work by an American writer...
Subjects: survival, slavery, Bildungsroman, history, historical fiction, war stories
