How long does it take to read Penrod?
Penrod by Booth Tarkington takes about 5 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1914. 283 pages, about 77,825 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 90 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Penrod Schofield is always in trouble, whether it’s because he has inevitably lied or because his dog Duke has made a mess of things. Join this rambunctious character as he prepares for the school play. A coming of age story that will warm your heart, Penrod reflects the ideology of the 1914 era in which it was written.
Subjects: Indiana, fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, Boys, Fiction, humorous, Garçons
