How long does it take to read Silas Marner?
George Eliot, John O'Connor, Mary Anne Evans, Hugh Thomson, Julius Frese
Silas Marner by George Eliot, John O'Connor, Mary Anne Evans, Hugh Thomson, Julius Frese takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1800. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 628 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Eliot's touching novel of a miser and a little child combines the charm of a fairy tale with the humor and pathos of realistic fiction. The gentle linen weaver, Silas Marner, exiles himself to the town of Raveloe after being falsely accused of a heinous theft. There he begins to find redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned child he discovers in his isolated cottage.
Subjects: Weavers, Social life and customs, Conduct of life, Foundlings, Fiction, Fathers and daughters
