How long does it take to read Princess and the Pea?
Hans Christian Andersen, Barbara Lanza, Kari James
Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen, Barbara Lanza, Kari James takes about 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 32 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1967. 29 pages, about 7,975 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.
Subjects: Fairy tales, Fiction, Princesses, Princess and the pea, Hans Christian Andersen, Puzzles
