How long does it take to read Ivanhoe?
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott takes about 9 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 5 of Waverley Novels
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About 9 hours
A week or two of reading
First published 1800. 491 pages, about 135,025 words. Written for children.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 481 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The father of the historical novel, Sir Walter Scott invented a literary form that has remained popular for over one hundred and fifty years. Infusing his works with romance, action, and suspense, he brought long-gone eras back to life with splendor and spectacle.Set in England just after the Third Crusade, Ivanhoe is the tale of Wilfrid, a young Saxon knight, and his love for the royal princess Rowena. With his father against their union, Wilfrid embarks on a series of adventures to prove his worth, finding himself in conflict against the Normans and the Templars, and allied with such larger-than-life figures as Robin Hood and Richard the Lion Hearted. A timeless story of courage, chivalry, and courtly love, Ivanhoe is a grand epic, and its place in classical literature is assured.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Knights and knighthood, Jews, Anglo-Saxons, Juvenile fiction
