How long does it take to read Little Women and Good Wives?
Little Women and Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott takes about 8 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 13 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1879. 448 pages, about 123,200 words. Written for children.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Chronicles the humorous and sentimental fortunes of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies and marry in nineteenth-century New England.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Sisters, March family (Fictitious characters), Family life, Family
