How long does it take to read Good Wives?
image and reality in the lives of women in northern New England, 1650-1750
Good Wives by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich takes about 5 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 296 pages, about 81,400 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Examines the lives of women in northern New England in the century from 1650 to 1750, discussing issues of housekeeping, childbearing, churchgoing, and other triumphs and tragedies of everyday life.
Subjects: Women, Social conditions, History, New England, Vrouwen, Condiciones sociales
