How long does it take to read Little Men?
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott takes about 5 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1885. 286 pages, about 78,650 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 517 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Little Men follows daily life at Plumfield, a school run by Jo Bhaer, who was born Josephine March, and her husband, Professor Bhaer. The story opens as Nat Blake, a shy young orphan who tends to tell fibs and plays the fiddle, arrives to join the ten other boys already living there. Nat soon finds that the school runs on unusual principles. Each child keeps a garden and pets and is encouraged to be independent. Lessons from books sit alongside morals and nature, which the children learn through experience. Nat is determined to earn the Bhaers' approval.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Louisa May Alcott, Children, Children's, Kid's, Juvenile, History
