How long does it take to read Sheepfarmer's Daughter?
Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon takes about 9 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 23 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1988. 512 pages, about 140,800 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon follows Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter, a young woman who escapes an arranged marriage by enlisting in a mercenary company. As she learns the discipline, hardship, and camaraderie of military life, Paks discovers her strength, courage, and a sense of purpose far beyond what she imagined on her family’s farm. Blending gritty realism with classic high-fantasy elements, the novel traces her journey from naive recruit to seasoned soldier, offering a grounded and immersive portrait of life in a medieval-style army.
Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, epic, Fantasy fiction, Mercenary troops, Paksenarrion (Fictitious character), Fiction, Fiction, general
