How long does it take to read How Green Was My Valley?
Richard Llewellyn
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn takes about 9 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1939. 495 pages, about 136,125 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 55 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a story set in a south Wales coal mining valley and tells of a family striving to improve their lives through hard work, education and their non-conformist faith. The main character is the youngest son, Huw Morgan and his life's journey through the difficulties associated with the mining industry and the awful risks involved in deep coal mining in the mid nineteenth century. The narrative traces the dignity and fortitude of hard working Welsh miners and their ambitions and hopes for their futures. The location of the story is usually considered to be in a village called Gilfach Goch in the Rhondda Valley. The collieries are long gone but their scars are still evident, returning to the green of the book's title.
Subjects: How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn, Llewellyn, Richard., History, Historical
