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How long does it take to read Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

Richard Bach

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach takes about 1 hour 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 1 hour 50 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1970. 100 pages, about 27,500 words. Written for children.

4 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 3 hours 3 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 1 hour 50 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 9 minutes

The page count is the median across 108 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • animal death

How these are chosen

Subjects: Gaviotas, Gulls, Fiction, Ficción juvenil, Juvenile fiction, Goélands dans la littérature

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