How long does it take to read Sometimes a Great Notion?
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey takes about 11 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 31 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1964. 628 pages, about 172,700 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sometimes a Great notion is a book about about the Stamper family. A tough crew who keeps getting pushed west by the youngest Stamper's whim after looking out the window. Finally they can not go any further west than a raging river on Oregon coast. Hank and the Father run a Logging operation against all odds to unionize Great characters Biggie Newton and Finally the youngest son Leland returns after his drug lab exploded. Hank and Leland fight over a Woman and Leland grows up
Subjects: Fiction, Strikes and lockouts, Lumber trade, Labor unions, individuality, competition
