How long does it take to read Hospital Sketches?
Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott takes about 1 hour 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 32 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1863. 84 pages, about 23,100 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 237 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An account of Alcott's stint as a nurse for wounded soldiers in Washington, D. C. during the winter of American Civil War in 1862-1863.
Subjects: Biography, Career in nursing, Fiction, History, Hospitals, Medical care
