How long does it take to read Outcast?
Outcast by Rosemary Sutcliff takes about 4 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1955. 229 pages, about 62,975 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fifteen-year-old Beric feels increasingly bitter isolation when, because of his Roman birth, he is cast out by the Celtic tribe that raised him and, after reaching a Roman settlement, he is sold into slavery and sentenced to serve in a galley for the rest of his life.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Fiction, Slavery
