How long does it take to read House Divided?
House Divided by Pearl S. Buck takes about 6 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The House of Earth trilogy
Previous: Sons
About 6 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1935. 353 pages, about 97,075 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A House Divided, the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons, is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His cousin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sister has scandalized the family by her premarital pregnancy, and his warlord father continues to cling to his traditional ideals. It is through Yuan's efforts that a kind of peace is restored to the family.
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, Man-woman relationships, Families, Chinese, Familles
