How long does it take to read Mythago Wood?
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock takes about 5 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Mythago Wood series
Next: Lavondyss
About 5 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 326 pages, about 89,650 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Deep within the wildwood lies a place of myth and mystery, from which few return, and of those few, none remain unchanged. Ryhope Wood may look like a three-mile-square fenced-in wood in rural Herefordshire on the outside, but inside, it is a primeval, intricate labyrinth of trees, impossibly huge, unforgettable … and stronger than time itself. Stephen Huxley has already lost his father to the mysteries of Ryhope Wood. On his return from the Second World War, he finds his brother, Christopher, is also in thrall to the mysterious wood, wherein lies a realm where mythic archetypes grow flesh and blood, where love and beauty haunt your dreams, and in promises of freedom lies the sanctuary of insanity …
Subjects: Fiction, Forests and forestry, Fiction, fantasy, general, Ryhope wood (imaginary place), fiction
