How long does it take to read Rip Van Winkle?
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1850. 62 pages, about 17,050 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 61 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
1891 edition,g.p.putnam,a legendof the kaatskill mountains, by washington irving, fiction
Subjects: American Fantasy fiction, Benn Pitman, Fiction, Ghosts, History, Juvenile fiction