How long does it take to read Quicksand?
Quicksand by Nella Larsen takes about 2 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 49 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1928. 154 pages, about 42,350 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Brave, bold, and brilliant, Larsen's autobiographical portrait of a biracial woman's quest for self-identity and acceptance offers a cautionary tale of an individual lost between two cultures.
Subjects: African americans, fiction, Young women, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Copenhagen (denmark), fiction, Fiction, general, African American women
