How long does it take to read Green Hills of Africa?
Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway takes about 5 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1709. 294 pages, about 80,850 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 80 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A 1930s African jungle safari as recorded in the journal of Ernest Hemingway describes the glory of the landscape while bringing to life the story of a land under threat of human incursion.
Subjects: Safaris, Hunters, American Authors, Fiction, Big game hunting, Travel
